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The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary
Robert Alter
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Description for The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary
Paperback. One of Newsweek's Best Books of the Year and winner of the Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: HRCF1; HRCG1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
A cornerstone of the scriptural canon, the Book of Psalms has been a source of solace and joy for countless readers over millennia. 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 “masterpiece” by Robert Fagles. Alter’s The Book of Psalms captures the simplicity, the physicality, and the coiled rhythmic power of the Hebrew, restoring the remarkable eloquence of these ancient poems. His learned and insightful commentary illuminates the obscurities of the text.
A cornerstone of the scriptural canon, the Book of Psalms has been a source of solace and joy for countless readers over millennia. 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 “masterpiece” by Robert Fagles. Alter’s The Book of Psalms captures the simplicity, the physicality, and the coiled rhythmic power of the Hebrew, restoring the remarkable eloquence of these ancient poems. His learned and insightful commentary illuminates the obscurities of the text.
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393337044
SKU
V9780393337044
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99-33
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 Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary
"You think you know these texts . . . until you read Alter, who reignites their beauty in bracing and unexpected ways."
Malcolm Jones - Newsweek "Alter is musically and poetically sensitive.... [He] takes us back to the essence of the meaning."
James Wood - The New Yorker "Extraordinary.... We never forget, with Alter's Psalms, that the text ... Read more
Malcolm Jones - Newsweek "Alter is musically and poetically sensitive.... [He] takes us back to the essence of the meaning."
James Wood - The New Yorker "Extraordinary.... We never forget, with Alter's Psalms, that the text ... Read more