Robert Alter
Robert Alter | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1935 |
| Education | National Jewish Book Award  |
| Position held | president (1996–1997) |
Robert Bernard Alter (born 1935)his translation of the Hebrew Bible in 2018.
Biography
Robert Alter was born in a Jewish American family, and first learned
Kafka's modernism and Hebrew literature
.
Biblical studies
One of Alter's contributions is the introduction of the
1 Samuel and the Book of Ruth.[5]
Honors
Alter has served as an active member of the Council of Scholars of the
Guggenheim fellow in 1966 and 1978.[6] He was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1986.[1] In 2001, he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society.[7] He was a senior fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities, a fellow at the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies in Jerusalem, and Old Dominion fellow at Princeton University. He is a member of the editorial board of the Jewish Review of Books
.
Awards
His book Hebrew University (2015).[12]
- Berkeley Citation (2010)[13]
Selected works
- Translations of the Hebrew Bible
- The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel, 1999, ISBN 0-393-32077-4
- The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary, 2004, W.W. Norton, ISBN 0-393-01955-1
- The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary, 2007, W.W. Norton, ISBN 978-0-393-06226-7
- The Book of Genesis, translation by Robert Alter, illustrated by ISBN 0-393-06102-7
- The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary, 2010, W.W. Norton, ISBN 0-393-06812-9
- Ancient Israel: The Former Prophets: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings: A Translation with Commentary, 2013, W.W. Norton, ISBN 0-393-08269-5
- Strong As Death Is Love: Song of Songs Ruth Esther Jonah And Daniel: A Translation with Commentary, 2015, W.W. Norton, ISBN 0-393-24304-4
- ISBN 0-393-29249-5
- Other works
- Rogue's Progress: Studies in the Picaresque Novel, 1965, Harvard University Press
- Partial Magic: The Novel as a Self-Conscious Genre, 1975, University of California Press, ISBN 0-520-02755-8
- A Lion for Love: A Critical Biography of Stendhal, in collaboration with Carol Cosman, 1979, Basic Books, ISBN 0-465-04124-8
- ISBN 0-465-00427-X
- Motives for Fiction, 1984, ISBN 978-0-674-58762-5
- The Art of Biblical Poetry, 1985, Basic Books, ISBN 0-465-00431-8
- The Literary Guide to the Bible Edited by Alter and ISBN 978-0-674-87531-9
- The Invention of Hebrew Prose: Modern Fiction and the Language Revolution, 1988, University of Washington Press.
- Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age, 1990, W.W. Norton, ISBN 0-393-31499-5
- Necessary Angels: Tradition and Modernity in Kafka, Benjamin, and Scholem, 1991, Harvard University Press, ISBN 978-0-674-60663-0
- Imagined Cities: Urban Experience and the Novel, 2005, Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-10802-8
- Pen of Iron: American Prose and the King James Bible, 2010, ISBN 0-691-12881-2
- The Art of Bible Translation, 2019, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691181493
- Nabokov and the Real World: Between Appreciation and Defense, 2021, ISBN 0-691-21193-0
- ISBN 0-300-25017-7
References
- ^ a b "Book of Members, 1780–Present: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "UC Berkeley Centre for Jewish Studies". Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ York, Hershael (13 March 2019). "Robert Alter's Landmark Work Sheds Fresh Light on Old Testament". The Gospel Coalition. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ISBN 978-0-393-29249-7.
- ISBN 0-465-00427-X.
- ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation A Fellows Page". Archived from the original on 20 November 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ "Robert Alter". Washington University in St. Louis. Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
- ^ "Poetic Master of Biblical Translation Receives Award". University of California, Berkeley. 22 April 2009. Archived from the original on 9 May 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
- ^ "Poetic Master of Biblical Translation Receives Award". Jewish Journal. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
- ^ "Citations for Recipients of Honorary Degrees at Yale University 2010". Yale News. 24 May 2010.
- ^ "Director Receives Degree in Honor of Hebrew University 90th Celebration | Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology".
- ^ "Berkeley Citation – Past Recipients | Berkeley Awards".
External links
- CV on UCBerkeley's website
- Biography at Washington University in St. Louis
- The Five Books of Moses review at The New Yorker
- The Five Books of Moses review at The Washington Post
- The Five Books of Moses review by Alan Jacobs in First Things (Aug/Sept. 2005)
- The Book of Psalms review at The New Yorker
- Audio interview with Robert Alter
- Robert Alter's articles in the London Review of Books
- The Hebrew Bible, 3 vols., reviewed by Gary A. Rendsburg at Moment Magazine
- Sample chapter of Alter's translation of Genesis