Genesis: Translation and Commentary
ISBN-13:
9780393316704
ISBN-10:
039331670X
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Robert Alter
Publication date:
1997
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Format:
Paperback
324 pages
Category:
Christian Books & Bibles
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ISBN-13:
9780393316704
ISBN-10:
039331670X
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Robert Alter
Publication date:
1997
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Format:
Paperback
324 pages
Category:
Christian Books & Bibles
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Genesis: Translation and Commentary (ISBN-13: 9780393316704 and ISBN-10: 039331670X), written by authors
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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.
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