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Isaiah’s puns.

Robert Alter
March 14 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

“Lava its seeds. Atoms/ Fermented forth primevally.”

Jan. 22 2019 12:01AM

Ancient Israelite authors “totally eclipsed their neighbors.”

Robert Alter
Dec. 20 2018 12:01AM

But who wrote the Zohar?

Eitan Fishbane
Oct. 9 2018 12:01AM

With some rabbinic assistance.

Simone Somekh
Oct. 9 2018 12:01AM

A theory based on a mistranslation.

Bible History Daily
Aug. 17 2018 12:01AM

And what it’s like to translate it into English.

Robert Alter
Aug. 16 2018 12:01AM

Depth vs. breadth.

Jessica Cohen
June 14 2018 12:01AM

From the Cairo Genizah.

David Wasserstein
June 8 2018 12:01AM

Bab el-Wad.

Vivian Eden
Feb. 2 2018 12:01AM