Thanks to the generous largess of some kind, anonymous soul, I find myself in possession of the highly acclaimed new translation of the ancient Hebrew Bible. Robert Alter’s three-volume The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary is being heralded as “the first single-author literary translation of the complete Hebrew Bible.” I find the reading experience of this obvious work of a lifetime both fresh and refreshing, without the forced novelty that can plague newly released translations trying to catch the eye and ear of a Bible-saturated market. Read more…
Read more at the source: My Life He Brings Back
Article excerpt posted on en.intercer.net from The Fourth Watch.
