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Books number: 23

Robert Bernard Alter is an American professor of Hebrew and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1967.He published his translation of the Hebrew Bible in 2018. Robert Alter earned his bachelor's degree in English (Columbia University, 1957), and his master's degree (1958) and doctorate (1962) from Harvard University in comparative literature. He started his career as a writer at Commentary, where he was for many years a contributing editor. He has written twenty-three books, and is noted most recently for his translation of the entire Hebrew Bible. He lectures on topics varying from Biblical episodes to Kafka's modernism and Hebrew literature. One of Alter's important contributions is the introduction of the type scene into contemporary scholarly Hebrew Bible studies.

The Hebrew Bible

Robert Alter.

Judaism

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1145

English

The Hebrew Bible

Robert Alter

Judaism

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The Five Books of Moses

Robert Alter.

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1034

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The Five Books of Moses

Robert Alter

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The Art of Biblical Poetry

Robert Alter.

Hebrew language

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840

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The Art of Biblical Poetry

Robert Alter

Hebrew language

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The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel

Robert Alter.

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805

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The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel

Robert Alter

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Genesis: Translation and Commentary

Robert Alter.

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781

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Genesis: Translation and Commentary

Robert Alter

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The Book of Psalms

Robert Alter.

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688

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The Book of Psalms

Robert Alter

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

Robert Alter.

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678

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

Robert Alter

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Imagined Cities: Urban Experience and the Language of the Novel

Robert Alter.

literature

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674

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Imagined Cities: Urban Experience and the Language of the Novel

Robert Alter

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The Art of Biblical Narrative

Robert Alter.

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658

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The Art of Biblical Narrative

Robert Alter

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Hebrew and Modernity

Robert Alter.

Hebrew language

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652

English

Hebrew and Modernity

Robert Alter

Hebrew language

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Partial Magic: The Novel as Self-Conscious Genre

Robert Alter.

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649

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Partial Magic: The Novel as Self-Conscious Genre

Robert Alter

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Defenses of the Imagination: Jewish Writers and Modern Historical Crisis

Robert Alter.

Hebrew language

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626

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Defenses of the Imagination: Jewish Writers and Modern Historical Crisis

Robert Alter

Hebrew language

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Ancient Israel: The Former Prophets: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings

Robert Alter.

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614

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Ancient Israel: The Former Prophets: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings

Robert Alter

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The Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age

Robert Alter.

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542

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The Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age

Robert Alter

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The Literary Guide to the Bible

Robert Alter.

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540

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The Literary Guide to the Bible

Robert Alter

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A Lion for Love: A Critical Biography of Stendhal

Robert Alter.

biography

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496

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A Lion for Love: A Critical Biography of Stendhal

Robert Alter

biography

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

Robert Alter.

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488

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

Robert Alter

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Pen of Iron: American Prose and the King James Bible

Robert Alter.

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458

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Pen of Iron: American Prose and the King James Bible

Robert Alter

literature

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After the Tradition: Essays on Modern Jewish Writing

Robert Alter.

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441

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After the Tradition: Essays on Modern Jewish Writing

Robert Alter

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The world of biblical literature

Robert Alter.

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435

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The world of biblical literature

Robert Alter

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