Modern Hebrew Literature by Robert Alter

Modern Hebrew Literature by Robert Alter

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Modern Hebrew Literature by Robert Alter

A panorama of Hebrew prose presented in an English translation that makes these masterly works available to a wide audience.
Alter, Robert: - Robert Alter's translation of the Hebrew Bible, the magnificent capstone to a lifetime of distinguished scholarly work, has won the PEN Center Literary Award for Translation. His immense achievements in scholarship ranging from the eighteenth-century European novel to contemporary Hebrew and American literature earned Alter the Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Los Angeles Times. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, Alter is the Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.
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ISBN 13 9780874412352
ISBN 10 0874412358
Title Modern Hebrew Literature
Author Robert Alter
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Behrman House Inc.,U.S.
Year published 1989-12-01
Number of pages 398
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