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

This course is no longer offered.

Robert Alter’s translations of the Torah, the Psalms, and Samuel I and II have deepened the English reader’s encounter with the Hebrew Bible, offering tremendous insight into the Hebrew text and restoring the poetic voice of the original language. In The Wisdom Books, Alter offers a new rendering and reading of three of the most significant and difficult books of the Bible, each of which struggles with the moral structure of the universe.

Cosponsor BJE Jewish Community Library

Categories Biblical Interpretations, Classic Texts, Contemporary Literature, Modern Philosophy, Theology

Schedule

# Sessions
1
Date & time

Tuesday, October 19
7:00 - 8:30 pm

Location
BJE Jewish Community Library
Tuition
Free
Session Time Days Location Instructors
Oct 19 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Tue BJE Jewish Community Library Robert Alter

Location

BJE Jewish Community Library

1835 Ellis Street

San Francisco, CA 94115

415-567-3327

The Library is located between Scott and Pierce on the campus of the Jewish Community High School. There is free secure parking that is accessible from Pierce Street; buzz the intercom, announce that you’re coming to the Library, and the gate will go up. For more information call (415) 567-3327.

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Instructors

Robert Alter

Robert Alter was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Lifetime Achievement and the PEN Center Literary Award for Translation. He is the Class of 1937 Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.