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 xii
... Story—that is compelling in its archetypal character, its adaptation of myth to monotheistic ends, and that has set ... stories were of course written more than half a millennium after approaching the five books the time of the purported ...
... Story—that is compelling in its archetypal character, its adaptation of myth to monotheistic ends, and that has set ... stories were of course written more than half a millennium after approaching the five books the time of the purported ...
Pàgina xiii
... story would equal the Patriarchal Tales in psychological insight and in the representation of character growing and changing through long stretches of lifeexperience. Genesis ends with the death of Joseph, and Exodus begins with an ...
... story would equal the Patriarchal Tales in psychological insight and in the representation of character growing and changing through long stretches of lifeexperience. Genesis ends with the death of Joseph, and Exodus begins with an ...
Pàgina xv
... story we have read up to this point. To be sure, this last book was intended as a fundamental revision of much earlier law, with the emphasis on one exclusive national sanctuary the principal item of revision. Nevertheless, read in ...
... story we have read up to this point. To be sure, this last book was intended as a fundamental revision of much earlier law, with the emphasis on one exclusive national sanctuary the principal item of revision. Nevertheless, read in ...
Pàgina xxi
... story of the binding of Isaac, God reiterates His promise to Abraham, the multiplication of seed is strongly linked with cosmic imagery—harking back to the Creation story—of heaven and earth: “I will greatly bless you and will greatly ...
... story of the binding of Isaac, God reiterates His promise to Abraham, the multiplication of seed is strongly linked with cosmic imagery—harking back to the Creation story—of heaven and earth: “I will greatly bless you and will greatly ...
Pàgina xxii
... story. Reuben, hearing his brothers' murderous intentions, seeks to rescue Joseph “from their hands.” He implores his brothers, “Lay not a hand upon him,” just as, in the other strand of the story, Judah says, “Let not our hand be ...
... story. Reuben, hearing his brothers' murderous intentions, seeks to rescue Joseph “from their hands.” He implores his brothers, “Lay not a hand upon him,” just as, in the other strand of the story, Judah says, “Let not our hand be ...
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