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The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel
Robert Alter
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Description for The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel
Paperback. "A masterpiece of contemporary Bible translation and commentary."-Los Angeles Times Book Review, Best Books of 1999 Num Pages: 448 pages, One map. BIC Classification: HRCG1; HRCG9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 362.
Acclaimed for its masterful new translation and insightful commentary, The David Story is a fresh, vivid rendition of one of the great works in Western literature. Robert Alter's brilliant translation gives us David, the beautiful, musical hero who slays Goliath and, through his struggles with Saul, advances to the kingship of Israel. But this David is also fully human: an ambitious, calculating man who navigates his life's course with a flawed moral vision. The consequences for him, his family, and his nation are tragic and bloody. Historical personage and full-blooded imagining, David is the creation of a literary artist comparable ... Read more
Acclaimed for its masterful new translation and insightful commentary, The David Story is a fresh, vivid rendition of one of the great works in Western literature. Robert Alter's brilliant translation gives us David, the beautiful, musical hero who slays Goliath and, through his struggles with Saul, advances to the kingship of Israel. But this David is also fully human: an ambitious, calculating man who navigates his life's course with a flawed moral vision. The consequences for him, his family, and his nation are tragic and bloody. Historical personage and full-blooded imagining, David is the creation of a literary artist comparable ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393320770
SKU
V9780393320770
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About Robert Alter
Robert Alter's translation of the Hebrew Bible, the magnificent capstone to a lifetime of distinguished scholarly work, has won the PEN Center Literary Award for Translation. His immense achievements in scholarship ranging from the eighteenth-century European novel to contemporary Hebrew and American literature earned Alter the Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Los Angeles Times. A member of ... Read more
Reviews for The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel
"The most compelling version of [the David] story since the King James Bible."
Robert Fagles
Robert Fagles