Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Recommended Torah Translation & Commentary

I've been reading Robert Alter's translation of the Torah, The Five Books of Moses: A Translation and Commentary. It is excellent. Alter also wrote The Art of Biblical Narrative and The Art of Biblical Poetry. I have read the former and it is very good as well. I bought the latter book but haven't read it yet. Alter translates the Torah based on the theories and techniques he writes about in the two Art books, and his commentary often expands on those as well. But there is no Hebrew text in it, so you'll need a separate copy of that if you want to translate along with Alter. I highly recommend this book.

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