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Art of Bible Translation

Art of Bible Translation

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Award-winning biblical translator Robert Alter offers a personal and passionate account of the art of Bible translation in his book "The Art of Biblical Translation". He discusses the principal aspects of biblical Hebrew that any translator should try to reproduce, providing an illuminating and accessible introduction to biblical style that offers insights about the art of translation far beyond the Bible.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 152 pages
Publication date: 08 September 2020
Publisher: Princeton University Press


From the recipient of the National Jewish Book Award for Lifetime Achievement, a hugely entertaining and irreverent (Adam Gopnik, New Yorker) account of the art of translating the Hebrew Bible into English.

In this brief book, award-winning biblical translator Robert Alter offers a personal and passionate account of what he learned about the art of Bible translation during the two decades he spent completing his own English version of the Hebrew Bible. Showing why the Bible and its meaning can be brought to life in English only by re-creating the subtle and powerful literary style of the original text, Alter discusses the principal aspects of biblical Hebrew 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.


Weight: 204g
Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780691209142

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