Genesis

Alter, Robert

ISBN 10: 0393039811 / ISBN 13: 9780393039818

Edité par W. W. Norton & Company, 1996

A propos de cet article

Hardback volume with unclipped dust jacket. [xlvii] 324 pp. Binding firm. Pages are clean with no inscriptions or annotations. Light wear and some superficial surface scratches to the dust jacket. Small patch of green staining on the inside of the DJ (near base of spine). Size: 9" - 10" tall. Weight: 700g.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Genesis
• Éditeur: W. W. Norton & Company
• Date de parution: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0393039811
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780393039818
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Religion

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Synopsis

The Book of Genesis is regarded as the bedrock of Western civilization and culture, its stories and language reverberating down the centuries. The author of this translation argues in his preface that English readers have not been well served by existing translations. While the "King James" version is a work of literature in its own right, which has greatly contributed to English literature, its translators did not know the Hebrew society and language well enough to be faithful to the original. Modern translations, on the other hand, tend to simplify the Bible, aiming above all to be easily understood, and thereby losing the ambiguities of the original and its music. This translation seeks to bring the great work to life; it has extensive footnotes which aim to throw light on the language and the world of Genesis. Whereas the "King James" version inevitably changed the ancient society of Genesis into an early English one, this translation tries to convey the subtle shades of its social and familial hierarchies. In it, the characters are portrayed as real human beings, complex and flawed, with bodies as well as voices. In capturing the cadences and meanings of the Hebrew Bible, the author attempts to convey its immense literary power.

À propos de l?auteur

Robert Alter's translation of the Hebrew Bible, the magnificent capstone to a lifetime of distinguished scholarly work, has won the PEN Center Literary Award for Translation. His immense achievements in scholarship ranging from the eighteenth-century European novel to contemporary Hebrew and American literature earned Alter the Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Los Angeles Times. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society, Alter is the Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.