The Five Books of Moses by Robert Alter

The Five Books of Moses by Robert Alter

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The capstone of a brilliant scholar's lifelong work to establish the literary identity of the Bible, in an elegant, slipcased hardcover.

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The Five Books of Moses by Robert Alter

The capstone of a brilliant scholar's lifelong work to establish the literary identity of the Bible, in an elegant, slipcased hardcover.
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 9780393019551
ISBN 10 0393019551
Title The Five Books of Moses
Author Robert Alter
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Year published 2004-11-16
Number of pages 1120
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.