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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... seems to dig into the earth of the Hebrew to recover, in English, its fearless tactility.” —James Wood, London Review of Books “In the ancient Hebrew, Alter discovers a profound music. He can raise an already beloved text to new heights ...
... seems to dig into the earth of the Hebrew to recover, in English, its fearless tactility.” —James Wood, London Review of Books “In the ancient Hebrew, Alter discovers a profound music. He can raise an already beloved text to new heights ...
Pàgina xi
... seems to be both relatively early and late: some of it may have been written as early as the eighth century b.c.e., though the principal stratum is in all likelihood a product of the sixth century b.c.e., when these same Priestly ...
... seems to be both relatively early and late: some of it may have been written as early as the eighth century b.c.e., though the principal stratum is in all likelihood a product of the sixth century b.c.e., when these same Priestly ...
Pàgina xxiv
... seems to be, as I have suggested, the popular press, as well as perhaps high-school textbooks, bureaucratic directives, and ordinary conversation. But serious writers almost never accept such leveling limitation to a bland norm of ...
... seems to be, as I have suggested, the popular press, as well as perhaps high-school textbooks, bureaucratic directives, and ordinary conversation. But serious writers almost never accept such leveling limitation to a bland norm of ...
Pàgina xxviii
... seems likely, there were extracanonical varieties or genres of Hebrew writing in the ancient world, the vestiges have long since crumbled into dust. Did, for example, the citizens of Judea in the time of Jeremiah speak in a parallel ...
... seems likely, there were extracanonical varieties or genres of Hebrew writing in the ancient world, the vestiges have long since crumbled into dust. Did, for example, the citizens of Judea in the time of Jeremiah speak in a parallel ...
Pàgina xxxi
... seems safe to assume, minimally, that even a millennium before the rabbis halit would have been a cruder term for feeding than the standard biblical haakhil. What I think happened at this point in Genesis is that the author, in the ...
... seems safe to assume, minimally, that even a millennium before the rabbis halit would have been a cruder term for feeding than the standard biblical haakhil. What I think happened at this point in Genesis is that the author, in the ...
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