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The Book of Psalms

Name: The Book of Psalms
ISBN: 9780393337044

A Translation With Commentary

Robert Alter

WW Norton · Print & ebook · September 22, 2009

Reading lane: Wisdom Literature (Bible)

One of Newsweek ’s Best Books of the Year and winner of the Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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Authors: Robert Alter
Publisher: WW Norton
Published: September 22, 2009
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Wisdom Literature (Bible) · RELIGION / Biblical Commentary / Old Testament / Poetry & Wisdom Literature
Reading lane: Wisdom Literature (Bible)

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One of Newsweek ’s Best Books of the Year and winner of the Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement. A cornerstone of the scriptural canon, the Book of Psalms has been a source of solace and joy for countless readers over millennia. This timeless poetry is beautifully wrought by a scholar whose translation of the Five Books of Moses was hailed as a “godsend” by Seamus Heaney and a “masterpiece” by Robert Fagles. Alter’s The Book of Psalms captures the simplicity, the ph...

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