Robert Alter

A Momentous, but Flawed Attempt to Render the Bible into English

Lost in translation.

Meir Soloveichik

March 26 2019 12:01AM

Is the Alter Bible Jewish, in Some Definable Sense?

Robert Alter himself conspicuously does not call his own version Jewish in any way. Can we?

Leonard Greenspoon

Feb. 18 2019 12:01AM

How to Judge Robert Alter's Landmark Translation of the Hebrew Bible

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?

Hillel Halkin

Feb. 4 2019 12:01AM

A Reader’s Bible

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. . .

Adam Kirsch

June 14 2013 12:00AM