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The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary

By: Alter Robert

Price: $9.95

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company: October 2011

Seller ID: 394890

ISBN: 0393340538

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Here in Robert Alter's bold new translation are some of the most magnificent works in world literature. The astounding poetry in the Book of Job is restored to its powerful ancient meanings and rhythms. The creation account in its Voice from the Whirlwind is beautiful and incendiary. By contrast, a serene fatalism suffuses Ecclesiastes with a quiet beauty, and the pithy maxims of Proverbs impart a worldly wisdom that is satirically shrewd. Each of these books addresses the universal wisdom that the righteous thrive and the wicked suffer in a rational moral order; together they are essential to...
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The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary

By: Alter, Robert

Price: $13.95

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company: October 2008

Seller ID: 394882

ISBN: 0393333930

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

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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The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary

By: Robert Alter

Price: $14.95

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company: September 2007

Seller ID: 371556

ISBN: 0393062260

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - LikeNew

Like the Five Books of Moses a cornerstone of the scriptural canon, the Book of Psalms has been a source of solace and joy for countless readers over millennia. The cleansing purity of its images invites reflection and supplication in times of sorrow. The musicality of its powerful rhythms moves readers to celebration of good tidings. So today as it has been throughout our past, this is a book to be cherished as the grounding for our daily lives.This timeless poetry is beautifully wrought by a scholar whose translation of the Five Books of Moses was hailed as a "godsend" by Seamus Heaney and a...
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The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary

By: Robert Alter

Price: $14.95

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company: October 2010

Seller ID: 371557

ISBN: 0393068129

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - LikeNew

Here, in Robert Alter's bold new translation, are some of the most magnificent works in world literature. The astounding poetry in the Book of Job is restored to its powerful ancient meanings and rhythms. The account of creation in its Voice from the Whirlwind is beautiful and incendiary--an unforgettable challenge to the place of man in the universe. The serene fatalism that construes life as ephemeral and without purpose suffuses Ecclesiastes with a quiet beauty. The pithy maxims of Proverbs impart a worldly wisdom that is still sound and satirically shrewd.

Each of these books conv...
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Strong As Death Is Love: The Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel, A Translation with Commentary

By: Robert Alter

Price: $14.95

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company: March 2015

Seller ID: 371558

ISBN: 0393243044

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - LikeNew

The Song of Songs; Ruth; Esther; Jonah; and Daniel offer readers a range of pleasures not usually associated with the Bible. As distant in time from the Five Books of Moses as Updike is from Shakespeare, these Late Biblical books are innovative, entertaining literary works. Women often stand center stage. The Song of Songs is a celebration of young love, frankly sensuous, with no reference to God or covenant. It offers some of the most beautiful love poems of the ancient world. The story of Queen Esther's shrewd triumph is also a secular entertainment, with clear traces of farce and sly sexual...
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Author:Alter Robert

The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary

The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary

The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary

The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary

Strong As Death Is Love: The Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel, A Translation with Commentary