The wisdom books : Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes : a translation with commentary
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
The wisdom books : Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes : a translation with commentary
W.W. Norton, 2011, c2010
- : pbk
- Uniform Title
Available at / 1 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
"First published as a Norton paperback 2011"--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. 393-394
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Here in Robert Alter's bold new translation are some of the most magnificent works in world literature. The astounding poetry in the Book of Job is restored to its powerful ancient meanings and rhythms. The creation account in its Voice from the Whirlwind is beautiful and incendiary. By contrast, a serene fatalism suffuses Ecclesiastes with a quiet beauty, and the pithy maxims of Proverbs impart a worldly wisdom that is satirically shrewd. Each of these books addresses the universal wisdom that the righteous thrive and the wicked suffer in a rational moral order; together they are essential to the ancient canon that is the Hebrew Bible.
by "Nielsen BookData"
