The Wisdom Books by Robert Alter

The Wisdom Books by Robert Alter

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A magnificent new volume in Robert Alter’s award-winning, landmark translation of and commentary on the Hebrew Bible.

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The Wisdom Books by Robert Alter

A magnificent new volume in Robert Alters award-winning, landmark translation of and commentary on the Hebrew Bible.
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 9780393068122
ISBN 10 0393068129
Title The Wisdom Books
Author Robert Alter
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Year published 2010-11-05
Number of pages 416
Prizes Commended for National Jewish Book Award (Scholarship) 2010
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