Robert Alter (Berkeley University of California)

The Five Books of Moses

A Translation with Commentary

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"A modern classic....Thrilling and constantly illuminating."Ã â â Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World

Produktdetails

• Verlag: WW Norton & Co
• Seitenzahl: 1120
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 1372g
• ISBN-13: 9780393333930
• ISBN-10: 0393333930
• Artikelnr.: 23888594

Autorenporträt

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.