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The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary

Categorie	Religie & Theologie
Boeknummer	#340079-XF22
Titel	The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary
Auteur	Alter, Robert
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New York/London : W.W. Norton & Company
Jaar van uitgave	2010
ISBN10	0393068129
ISBN13	9780393068122
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards, gilt lettered spine dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting	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 account of creation in its Voice from the Whirlwind is beautiful and incendiary-an unforgettable challenge to the place of man in the universe. The serene fatalism that construes life as ephemeral and without purpose suffuses Ecclesiastes with a quiet beauty. The pithy maxims of Proverbs impart a worldly wisdom that is still sound and satirically shrewd. Each of these books conveys and undermines 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. In Alter's transla... (Lees verder)tion they regain the energy and force of the original, enhancing their ongoing relevance to the lives of modern readers.
Pagina's	393
Conditie	Redelijk — Markings with ballpoint pen in margin (in the beginning).
Prijs	€ 10,00

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