Robert Alter: “Modern Bible translators have done a wretched job”

Robert Alter, who was born in New York City in 1935, has had a distinguished career as a ... from a young man who had just finished a doctorate at the University of London in Semitic languages. He taught us all the fine points of classical Hebrew grammar ...

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Published: Thu 20th Dec 2018 11:16 AM