Direct Verzonden The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary – Robert Alter

A magnificent new volume in Robert Alter’s award-winning, landmark translation of and commentary on the Hebrew Bible.
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 account of creation in its Voice from the Whirlwind is beautiful and incendiary―an unforgettable challenge to the place of man in the universe. The serene fatalism that construes life as…