The Wisdom Books

Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary

Robert Alter (University of California, Berkeley)

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Norton
14 October 2011

Religion & beliefs; Old Testaments

Here in Robert Alter's bold new translation are some of the most magnificent works in world literature. The astounding poetry in the Book of Job is restored to its powerful ancient meanings and rhythms. The creation account in its Voice from the Whirlwind is beautiful and incendiary. By contrast, a serene fatalism suffuses Ecclesiastes with a quiet beauty, and the pithy maxims of Proverbs impart a worldly wisdom that is satirically shrewd. Each of these books addresses the universal wisdom that the righteous thrive and the wicked suffer in a rational moral order; together they are essential to the ancient canon that is the Hebrew Bible.

Translated by: Robert Alter (University of California Berkeley)
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 370g
ISBN: 9780393340532
ISBN 10: 0393340538
Pages: 394
Publication Date: 14 October 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Robert Alter was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Lifetime Achievement and the PEN Center Literary Award for Translation. He is the Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. Robert Alter is the author of the highly acclaimed: Genesis (ISBN 978 0 393 31670 4), The David Story (ISBN 978 0 393 32077 0), The Five Books of Moses (ISBN 978 0 393 01955 1) and The Book of Psalms (ISBN 978 0 393 33704 4).