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  • The Hebrew Bible

    A Translation with Commentary

    by Robert Alter ...
    A landmark event: the complete Hebrew Bible in the award-winning translation that delivers the stunning literary power of the original.A masterpiece of deep learning and fine sensibility, Robert Alter’s translation of the Hebrew Bible, now complete, reanimates one of the formative works of our culture. Capturing its brilliantly compact poetry and finely wrought, purposeful prose, Alter renews the ... Read more

    $102.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Book of Psalms

    A Translation with Commentary

    by Robert Alter ...
    One of Newsweek’s Best Books of the Year and winner of the Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement.A cornerstone of the scriptural canon, the Book of Psalms has been a source of solace and joy for countless readers over millennia. This timeless poetry is beautifully wrought by a scholar whose translation of the Five Books of Moses was hailed as a “godsend” by Seamus Heaney and a “masterpiece” ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary

    Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary

    First time in paperback: “One of the most ambitious literary projects of this or any age.”—Adam Kirsch, New RepublicHere in Robert Alter's bold new translation are some of the most magnificent works in world literature. The astounding poetry in the Book of Job is restored to its powerful ancient meanings and rhythms. The creation account in its Voice from the Whirlwind is beautiful and incendiary. ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary

    A Translation with Commentary

    by Robert Alter ...
    "A modern classic....Thrilling and constantly illuminating."—Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book WorldThrough a distinguished career of critical scholarship and translation, Robert Alter has equipped us to read the Hebrew Bible as a powerful, cohesive work of literature. In this landmark work, Alter's masterly translation and probing commentary combine to give contemporary readers the definitive ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • Genesis

    Translation and Commentary

    Edited by Robert Alter ...
    "[Here is] the Genesis for our generation and beyond."—Robert FaglesGenesis begins with the making of heaven and earth and all life, and ends with the image of a mummy—Joseph's—in a coffin. In between come many of the primal stories in Western culture: Adam and Eve's expulsion from the garden of Eden, Cain's murder of Abel, Noah and the Flood, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham's ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Art of Bible Translation

    by Robert Alter ...
    From the recipient of the National Jewish Book Award for Lifetime Achievement, a "hugely entertaining and irreverent" (Adam Gopnik, New Yorker) account of the art of translating the Hebrew Bible into EnglishIn this brief book, award-winning biblical translator and acclaimed literary critic Robert Alter offers a personal and passionate account of what he learned about the art of Bible translation ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Literary Guide to the Bible

    Edited by Robert Alter, Frank Kermode ...
    Rediscover the incomparable literary richness and strength of a book that all of us live with an many of us live by. An international team of renowned scholars, assembled by two leading literary critics, offers a book-by-book guide through the Old and New Testaments as well as general essays on the Bible as a whole, providing an enticing reintroduction to a work that has shaped our language and ... Read more

    $33.69 USD

  • Strong As Death Is Love

    The Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel, A Translation with Commentary

    “A pleasure to read. . . . Alter has given fresh life to some of the most beloved . . . books in our heritage.”—Philadelphia InquirerThe Song of Songs; Ruth; Esther; Jonah; and Daniel offer readers a range of pleasures not usually associated with the Bible. As distant in time from the Five Books of Moses as Updike is from Shakespeare, these Late Biblical books are innovative, entertaining literary ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Art of Biblical Poetry

    by Robert Alter ...
    Three decades ago, renowned literary expert Robert Alter radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as not only a human creation but a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. In The Art of Biblical Poetry, his companion to the seminal The Art of Biblical Narrative, Alter takes his analysis beyond narrative craft to investigate the use of Hebrew poetry ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Sex With A Married Woman

    by Mark Alter, Robert ...
    SEX WITH A MARRIED WOMAN is a husbands guide for how to become to become the kind of husband who knows how to truly love his wife, in and out of bed, and win her heart, soul, and body. Its a vision of how marital sex is supposed to be, and could be, if you, the man, do your part in creating it. In a brief 120 pages, in 20 short chapters, using a voice that both men and women will love, Alter tells ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel

    A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel

    by Robert Alter ...
    "A masterpiece of contemporary Bible translation and commentary."—Los Angeles Times Book Review, Best Books of 1999Acclaimed for its masterful new translation and insightful commentary, The David Story is a fresh, vivid rendition of one of the great works in Western literature. Robert Alter's brilliant translation gives us David, the beautiful, musical hero who slays Goliath and, through his ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • The Art of Biblical Narrative

    by Robert Alter ...
    In this radical approach to the Bible, an acclaimed Hebrew scholar and translator looks at the Old Testament with a fresh perspective.With a fundamental return to its narrative prose, Robert Alter translates this section of the Bible through the eyes of a literary critic. He considers the Bible as literary text, guiding readers to approach scripture in a profoundly thoughtful way, proving himself ... Read more

    $14.99 USD