Genesis: Translation and Commentary
Robert Alter$16.96
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In Robert Alter's brilliant translation, these stories cohere in a powerful narrative of the tortuous relations between fathers and sons, husbands and wives, eldest and younger brothers, God and his chosen people, the people of Israel and their neighbors. Alter's translation honors the meanings and literary strategies of the ancient Hebrew and conveys them in fluent English prose. It recovers a Genesis with the continuity of theme and motif of a wholly conceived and fully realized book. His insightful, fully informed commentary illuminates the book in all its dimensions.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 09/17/1997
ISBN: 9780393316704
Pages: 324
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d
Review Citations: New York Times 11/09/1997 pg. 36
Publishers Weekly 07/28/1997