The Hebrew Bible by Robert Alter
A Translation with Commentary
A modern translation and commentary that treats the biblical books as works of literature, emphasizing narrative technique, diction, and poetic form to recover tone, rhythm, and wordplay often lost in conventional versions. It provides readable English renderings alongside introductions and notes that illuminate structure, characterization, and rhetorical effects while also engaging historical and theological contexts. The result guides readers to hear the original Hebrew’s artistry and to read the scriptures as both literary achievement and religious text.
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- 2018
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