Robert Alter

Robert Alter - Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, University of California and distinguished literary critic. President of the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics and author of several acclaimed works, including The Art of Biblical Narrative (1981).

For sample verses from the translation by Robert Alter, click here.

Genesis - 1996

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Title: Genesis, Translation and Commentary
Date: 1996
Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company: New York
Contents: Genesis
Comments: "The present translation of Genesis is an experiment in representing the Bible … in a language that conveys with some precision the semantic nuances and the lively orchestration of literary effects of the Hebrew … "
Images: Jacket, Title page

1 & 2 Samuel - 1999

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Title: The David Story. A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel
Date: 1999
Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company: New York
Contents: 1 and 2 Samuel
Comments: The translation "is marked [with a] mixture of good sense and erudition that characterizes him [Alter] as a critic. It replicates the Hebrew's quiet gravity with a modest English … "
Images: Jacket, Title page

Five Books of Moses - 2004

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Title: The Five Books of Moses. A Translation with Commentary
Date: 2004
Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company: New York
Contents: Genesis - Deuteronomy
Images: Jacket, Title page

Psalms - 2007

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Title: The Book of Psalms. A Translation with Commentary
Date: 2007
Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company: New York
Contents: Psalms
Images: Jacket, Title page

Wisdom Books - 2010

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Title: The Wisdom Books Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes A Translation with Commentary Robert Alter
Date: 2010
Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company: New York
Contents: Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes
Images: Jacket, Title page

Former Prophets - 2013

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Title: Ancient Israel The Former Prophets: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings A Translation with Commentary Robert Alter
Date: 2013
Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company: New York
Contents: Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings
Images: Jacket, Title page

Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, Daniel - 2015

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Title: Strong as Death is Love The Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah and Daniel A Translation with Commentary Robert Alter
Date: 2015
Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company: New York
Contents: Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, Daniel
Images: Jacket, Title page


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