Robert Alter
The promise of translation.
Robert Alter
June 5 2023 12:05AM
His work reminds us that fiction can be entertaining, and perhaps should be, even when it is serious.
Robert Alter
Oct. 4 2022 12:01AM
Lost in translation.
March 26 2019 12:01AM
Robert Alter himself conspicuously does not call his own version Jewish in any way. Can we?
Feb. 18 2019 12:01AM
Finished after decades of labor, this one-man English translation is a stupendous achievement. How does it hold up against the masterpieces (and follies) that have come before?
Feb. 4 2019 12:01AM
The full subtlety and intelligence of the Hebrew Bible cannot be understood, argues Robert Alter, unless it is approached as a work of literature; his. . .
June 14 2013 12:00AM