{"product_id":"the-art-of-bible-translation-robert-alter-9780691181493","title":"The Art of Bible Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the recipient of the National Jewish Book Award for Lifetime Achievement, a \"hugely entertaining and irreverent\" (Adam Gopnik, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker) \u003c\/i\u003eaccount of the art of translating the Hebrew Bible into English\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this brief book, award-winning biblical translator and acclaimed literary critic Robert Alter offers a personal and passionate account of what he learned about the art of Bible translation over the two decades he spent completing his own English version of the Hebrew Bible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlter's literary training gave him the advantage of seeing that a translation of the Bible can convey the text's meaning only by trying to capture the powerful and subtle literary style of the biblical Hebrew, something the modern English versions don't do justice to. The Bible's style, Alter writes, \"is not some sort of aesthetic embellishment of the 'message' of Scripture but the vital medium through which the biblical vision of God, human nature, history, politics, society, and moral value is conveyed.\" And, as the translators of the King James Version knew, the authority of the Bible is inseparable from its literary authority. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor these reasons, the Bible can be brought to life in English only by re-creating its literary virtuosity, and Alter discusses the principal aspects of style in the Hebrew Bible that any translator should try to reproduce: word choice, syntax, word play and sound play, rhythm, and dialogue. In the process, he provides an illuminating and accessible introduction to biblical style that also offers insights about the art of translation far beyond the Bible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Alter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691181497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691181493\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.70w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2019 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Material:\u003c\/b\u003e Cloth","brand":"Robert Alter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43988215628031,"sku":"9780691181493","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_303cd5a8-186a-4013-a39d-d2d1e2641a2f.jpg?v=1683293265","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-art-of-bible-translation-robert-alter-9780691181493","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}