The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with CommentaryW. W. Norton & Company, 17 d’oct. 2008 - 1120 pàgines "A modern classic....Thrilling and constantly illuminating."—Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World Through 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 edition of The Five Books. Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Translation and the Koret Jewish Book Award for Translation, a Newsweek Top 15 Book, Los Angeles Times Favorite Book, and San Francisco Chronicle Best Book. |
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Pàgina xxiv
... indication of a jussive mode—when a verb is used to express a desire or exhortation to perform the action in question—and a modest number of subordinate conjunctions. Although there are certainly instances of significant syntactic ...
... indication of a jussive mode—when a verb is used to express a desire or exhortation to perform the action in question—and a modest number of subordinate conjunctions. Although there are certainly instances of significant syntactic ...
Pàgina xlii
... indication that the term is poetic and probably somewhat archaic for the later Hebrew audience. “Casements,” with its echoes of Keats and of Shakespeare behind Keats, seemed like a happy solution to the problem of diction. Though not ...
... indication that the term is poetic and probably somewhat archaic for the later Hebrew audience. “Casements,” with its echoes of Keats and of Shakespeare behind Keats, seemed like a happy solution to the problem of diction. Though not ...
Pàgina 35
... indication that the term is not exclusively masculine, and so it is misleading to render it as “man.” 1–2. in the image of God . . . Male and female He created them. The pointed citation of the account in chapter 1 ties in the ...
... indication that the term is not exclusively masculine, and so it is misleading to render it as “man.” 1–2. in the image of God . . . Male and female He created them. The pointed citation of the account in chapter 1 ties in the ...
Pàgina 42
... But the tensions between the two versions, including how they record the time span of the Flood, persist, and there are some indications that the editor himself struggled to harmonize them. genesis 7:3 mate. Of the fowl of the heavens as.
... But the tensions between the two versions, including how they record the time span of the Flood, persist, and there are some indications that the editor himself struggled to harmonize them. genesis 7:3 mate. Of the fowl of the heavens as.
Pàgina 43
... 11. In the six hundredth year. The precise indications of age and date give the report of the inception of the Flood a certain epic solemnity. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12,13 14 15 16 17 genesis 7:12 All the wellsprings 43.
... 11. In the six hundredth year. The precise indications of age and date give the report of the inception of the Flood a certain epic solemnity. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12,13 14 15 16 17 genesis 7:12 All the wellsprings 43.
Continguts
ix | |
xlix | |
9 | |
17 | |
33 | |
introduction | 299 |
LEVITICUS | 535 |
introduction | 675 |
the book of numbers | 683 |
introduction | 869 |
the book of deuteronomy | 879 |
for further reading | 1061 |
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Aaron Abraham according actually altar ancient animal appears beast become beginning biblical blessing blood bring brothers brought called camp chapter charged clan covenant daughters death Deuteronomy divine earth Egypt Egyptian English episode Exodus eyes face fact father fire five follows forward garments genesis give given God’s hand head heart Hebrew hold holy human hundred indication Isaac Israel Israelites Jacob Joseph journeyed keep kind king land language laws literally live look Lord Lord’s means Meeting midst Moses Moses’s mountain narrative noted numbers offense offering perhaps person Pharaoh phrase presence priest refers reflects saying seems sense seven silver slaves sons speak spoke stand stone story suggests Tabernacle Tent term thing tion took towns translation tribe turn unclean verb verse whole wife wilderness woman