The Five Books of Moses – A Translation with Commentary - Hardcover

Alter, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393019551 ISBN 13: 9780393019551

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004

Synopsis

Title: The Five Books of Moses( A Translation with Commentary) <>Binding: Hardcover <>Author: RobertAlter <>Publisher: W.W.Norton&Company

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Review:

"Robert Alter's translation with commentary of The Five Books of Moses can be fairly described as a godsend." Seamus Heaney, Books of the Year, The Times Literary Supplement "In this remarkable translation... a monument of scholarship... Alter brings a kind of sensitivity to bear on moment after moment of his translation..." James Wood, London Review of Books "The commentary is at least as important as the translation, and the two together make up a unique contribution both to biblical studies and to the understanding and appreciation of a text that is central to Western culture." John Barton, The Times Literary Supplement "...a new translation with fascinating annotations..." Robert Crumb, Summer Books, The Guardian"

Synopsis:

Through a distinguished career of critical scholarship, Robert Alter's masterly new translation and probing commentary combine to give contemporary readers the definitive edition of The Five Books. Alter's translation recovers the mesmerising effect of these ancient stories - the profound and haunting enigmas, the ambiguities of motive and image, and the distinctive cadences and lovely precision of the Hebrew text. Alter's translation conveys the music and the meaning of the Hebrew text in a lyrical, lucid English. His commentary illuminates it with learned insight and reflection on its literary and historical dimensions.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0393019551
• ISBN 13: 9780393019551
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1120