Proverbs : A Translation with Commentary

by Robert Alter

Unknown Binding

About the author

Robert Bernard Alter is an American professor of Hebrew and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1967, and has published many acclaimed works on the Bible, literary modernism, and contemporary Hebrew literature.

Reviews

[Andre Filho · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb translation, I had to read some chapters on another translation and could instantaneously perceive the literary difference. It exalts the beauty of Hebrew form in a great level.
The commentary is punctual, mostly shows the intricacies of Hebrew language and prepare your eyes(and ears) to see the language figures and nuanced techniques of Hebrew language to make the Proverbs more didactic and a piece of art.
To those who want to take a time and go deeper on the Hebrew Bible, that's a go to experience

[Ben Schwartz · Rating 2 out of 5]

I suppose I shouldn't complain. It is, in fact, a book of proverbs.