Ancient Israel the Former Prophets Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings: a Translation with Commentary

Name: Ancient Israel the Former Prophets Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings: a Translation with Commentary
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ISBN: 9780393348767

ISBN-10: 0393348768

ISBN-13: 9780393348767

Edition: 2014

Authors: Robert Alter

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To read the books of the Former Prophets in this riveting Robert Alter translation is to discover an entertaining amalgam of hair-raising action and high literary achievement. Samson, the vigilante superhero of Judges, slaughters thousands of Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey. David, the Machiavellian prince of Samuel and Kings, is one of the great literary figures of antiquity. A ruthless monarch, David embodies a life in full dimension as it moves from brilliant youth through vigorous prime to failing old age. Samson and David play emblematic roles in the rise and fall of ancient Israel, a nation beset by internal divisions and external threats. A scattering of contentious desert…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/14/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 880
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.17" long x 1.48" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English

Robert Alter is Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew & Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.