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1	Genesis: Translation and Commentary more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter add to wishlist The noted literary critic Robert Alter's translation of and commentary on "Genesis" emphasizes the thematic unity of the book. see all copies from $3.42! new only from $9.84! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter add to wishlist This is a handsome package with endpapers and ribbon marker. A cornerstone of the biblical canon, "The Book of Psalms" has been a source of solace and joy for countless readers over millennia. The purity of its images invites reflection and supplication in times of sorrow. The musicality of its rhythms moves readers to celebration of good tidings. ... see all copies from $12.52! new only from $12.52! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter add to wishlist Through a distinguished career of critical scholarship and translation, Robert Alter has equipped us to read the Old Testament as a powerful, cohesive work of literature. The culmination of this work, Alter's masterly new translation and probing commentary combine to give contemporary readers the definitive edition of "The Five Books of Moses". ... see all copies from $9.43! new only from $16.34! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter add to wishlist The story of David is the greatest single narrative representation in antiquity of a human life evolving by slow stages through time. In its main character it provides the first full-length portrait of a Machiavellian prince in Western literature. The beautiful, musical David, the resourceful slayer of Goliath, loved by all, reveals himself as a ... see all copies from $5.50! new only from $9.30! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Art of Biblical Poetry more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter add to wishlist Continuing his explorations of the art of the Bible, Robert Alter provides an interpretation of the poetry of the Old Testament and an account of how biblical poetry works. see all copies from $7.76! new only from $8.81! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Amos Oz Reader (Cancelled) more books like this by Amos Oz, Nitza Ben Dov (Editor), Mr. Robert Alter (Foreword by) add to wishlist A rich and varied selection of writings--from the early 1960s to the present--by Amos Oz, one of Israel's leading novelists, public intellectuals, and political activists. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Modern Hebrew Literature more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter add to wishlist see all copies from $9.00! new only from $25.87! \| SVS
8	The Song of Songs: The World's First Great Love Poem more books like this by Ariel Bloch, Chana Bloch (Translator), Mr. Robert Alter (Photographer) add to wishlist A new translation of this Biblical text, that combines poetic insight and philological precision. Included is a detailed commentary that explains how these love poems became incorporated in the Biblical canon. see all copies from $4.05! new only from $9.21! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Lit Guide to the Bible P more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter (Editor), Sir Frank Kermode (Editor) add to wishlist Rediscover the incmparable literary richness and strength of the Bible. An International team of renowned scholars offers and book-by-book guide through the Old Testaments as well as general essays on the Bible as a whole, providing an enticing reintroduction to a work that has shaped our language and thought for thousands of years. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $17.99! \| SVS
10	Hebrew and Modernity more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.89! \| first editions
11	The Song of Songs more books like this by Ariel Bloch (Commentaries by), Chana Bloch (Commentaries by), Mr. Robert Alter (Afterword by) add to wishlist "The Song of Songs", often referred to as the "Song of Solomon", is one of the greatest love poems of all time. In their lyrical translation, Ariel Bloch and Chana Bloch restore the sensuousness of the original language and strip away the veils of mistranslating that have obscured the power and meaning of the poem. Presented "en face", this ... see all copies from $4.25! new only from $60.71!
12 view cover	A Lion for Love: A Critical Biography of Stendhal more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Israeli Stories: A Selection of the Best Contemporary Hebrew Writing more books like this by Joel Blocker (Editor), Mr. Robert Alter (Introduction by) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.33! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Pleasure and Change: The Aesthetics of Canon more books like this by Sir Frank Kermode, Mr. Robert Alter (Editor) add to wishlist The question of the canon has been the subject of debate in academic circles for over fifteen years. "Pleasure and Change" contains two lectures on this important subject by the distinguished literary critic Sir Frank Kermode. In essays that were originally delivered as "Tanner Lectures" at Berkeley in November of 2001, Kermode reinterprets the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.97! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Selected Poetry of Dan Pagis more books like this by Dan Pagis, Stephen Mitchell (Translator), Mr. Robert Alter (Introduction by) add to wishlist Having spent three of his adolescent years in a Nazi camp before arriving in Palestine in 1946, Dan Pagis (1930-1986) became a major Israeli poet. This collection of Pagis's poetry shows how he drew on classical texts and infused his work with a centuries-old mysticism. see all copies from $3.65! new only from $9.95! \| SVS
16 view cover	Imagined Cities: Urban Experience and the Language of the Novel more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter add to wishlist In Imagined Cities, Robert Alter traces the arc of literary development triggered by the runaway growth of urban centres from the early nineteenth century through the first two decades of the twentieth. As new technologies and arrangements of public and private space changed the ways people experienced time and space, the urban panorama became ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $21.33! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Israel: A Traveler's Literary Companion more books like this by Michael Gluzman (Editor), Naomi Seidman (Editor), Mr. Robert Alter (Foreword by) add to wishlist "A perfect way of looking into a country, inside its houses and apartment buildings, at its weddings and feuds and even wars".--"Na'amat Woman". "Collectively, the pieces present a view of Israeli life seldom encountered by tourists or other outsiders".--"Library Journal. Map. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.75!
18 view cover	Motives for Fiction more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter add to wishlist "For many serious readers," Robert Alter writes in his preface, "the novel still matters, and I have tried here to suggest some reasons why that should be so." In his wide-ranging discussion, Alter examines the imitation of reality in fiction to find out why mimesis has become problematic yet continues to engage us deeply as readers. Alter ... see all copies from $7.56! new only from $52.50! \| first editions
19 view cover	Canon and Creativity: Modern Writing and the Authority of Scripture more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter add to wishlist In this text, literary critic Robert Alter explores the ways in which a range of iconoclastic 20th-century authors have put to use the stories, language and imagery of the Hebrew Bible. He makes a case against the prevalent notion of the canon as a vehicle of ideological enforcement. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $18.70!
20 view cover	Partial Magic: The Novel as Self-Conscious Genre more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter add to wishlist see all copies from $3.55! signed copies \| first editions
21	Defenses of the Imagination: Jewish Writers and Modern Historical Crisis more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22	Fielding and the nature of the novel more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter add to wishlist see all copies from $3.16! first editions
23 view cover	The Song of Songs: A New Translation, Gift Edition more books like this by Ariel Bloch (Commentaries by), Chana Bloch (Commentaries by), Mr. Robert Alter (Afterword by) add to wishlist "The Song of Songs", often referred to as the "Song of Solomon", is one of the greatest love poems of all time. In their lyrical translation, Ariel Bloch and Chana Bloch restore the sensuousness of the original language and strip away the veils of mistranslating that have obscured the power and meaning of the poem. Presented "en face", this ... see all copies from $14.79! new only from $25.00!
24 view cover	Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter add to wishlist The John Keats versus Bob Dylan debate is at its most fierce in the USA, where issues such as political correctness, the literary canon, literary theory and identity politics are hotly disputed on university campuses. This text, with a new preface by its author, deals with the conflict between the proponents of popular culture on the one hand and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.49! \| first editions \| SVS
25	Rogue's Progress: Studies in the Picaresque Novel more books like this by Mr. Robert Alter add to wishlist see all copies from $9.95!

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