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Amos Oz - Writer, Activist, Icon by Robert Alter
34.95 AUD
Category: Biography & Memoir | Series: Jewish Lives Ser.
An intimate portrait illuminating the life and work of Amos Oz, the award-winning Israeli writer and activist Amos Oz (1939-2018) was one of Israel's most prolific and prominent writers, as well as a regular contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was the author of dozens of novels, essay col ...Show more
Strong as Death is Love - The Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel - A Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter
45.95 AUD
Category: Poetry | Reading Level: very good
The Song of Songs; Ruth; Esther; Jonah; and Daniel offer readers a range of pleasures not usually associated with the Bible. As distant in time from the Five Books of Moses as Updike is from Shakespeare, these Late Biblical books are innovative, entertaining literary works. Women often stand center stag ...Show more
Strong as Death is Love: The Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel, a Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter
27.95 AUD
Category: Judaica
These five late biblical books offer readers a range of pleasures not usually associated with the Bible. They are artful, entertaining literary works-innovative, even startling. Women often stand centre stage. The Song of Songs, a celebration of young love, frankly sensuous, with no reference to God, of ...Show more
The Art of Bible Translation by Robert Alter
49.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
An award-winning biblical translator reflects on the art of capturing the literary power of the Bible in English In this brief book, award-winning biblical translator and acclaimed literary critic Robert Alter offers a personal and passionate account of what he learned about the art of Bible translatio ...Show more
The Art of Biblical Poetry by Robert Alter
29.99 AUD
Category: Judaica
Since it was first published nearly three decades ago, "The Art of Biblical Narrative" has radically expanded the horizons of biblical scholarship by recasting the Bible as not only a human creation, but a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. In his later companion book, "The Art of Biblica ...Show more
The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter
28.95 AUD
Category: Judaica
Captures the simplicity, the physicality and the coiled rhythmic power of the Hebrew, restoring the remarkable eloquence of Psalms.
The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary by Robert Alter
22.95 AUD
Category: Judaica
In this new volume of Robert Alter's award-winning translation of and commentary on the Hebrew Bible are some of the most magnificent works in world literature. In this bold new translation, the astounding poetry in the Book of Job is restored to its powerful ancient meanings and rhythms. The serene fat ...Show more
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