Genesis: Translation And Commentary

byRobert AlterTranslated byRobert Alter

September 2, 1997|
Genesis: Translation And Commentary by Robert Alter
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"[Here is] the Genesis for our generation and beyond."—Robert Fagles

Genesis begins with the making of heaven and earth and all life, and ends with the image of a mummy—Joseph's—in a coffin. In between come many of the primal stories in Western culture: Adam and Eve's expulsion from the garden of Eden, Cain's murder of Abel, Noah and the Flood, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham's binding of Isaac, the covenant of God and Abraham, Isaac's blessing of Jacob in place of Esau, the saga of Joseph and his brothers.

In Robert Alter's brilliant translation, these stories cohere in a powerful narrative of the tortuous relations between fathers and sons, husbands and wives, eldest and younger brothers, God and his chosen people, the people of Israel and their neighbors. Alter's translation honors the meanings and literary strategies of the ancient Hebrew and conveys them in fluent English prose. It recovers a Genesis with the continuity of theme and motif of a wholly conceived and fully realized book. His insightful, fully informed commentary illuminates the book in all its dimensions.
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 ...
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Title:Genesis: Translation And Commentary
Format:Paperback
Product dimensions:384 pages, 8.24 X 5.47 X 0.99 in
Shipping dimensions:384 pages, 8.24 X 5.47 X 0.99 in
Published:September 2, 1997
Publisher:WW Norton
Language:English
Appropriate for ages:All ages
ISBN - 13:9780393316704

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