Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Arts
Alma mater
Harvard University
Columbia University
Occupation
Scholar of the Bible as literature, university teacher, Hebraist
Employer
University of California, Berkeley (1967–)
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship
honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2015)
National Jewish Book Award
honorary doctor of the Yale University (2010)
Position held
president (1996–1997)
Robert Bernard Alter (born 1935)[1] is an American professor of Hebrew and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1967.[2] He published his translation of the Hebrew Bible in 2018.
^"Book of Members, 1780–Present: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^"UC Berkeley Centre for Jewish Studies". Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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theology of creation: Genesis affirms monotheism and denies polytheism. RobertAlter described the combined narrative as "compelling in its archetypal character...
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news, giving birth to Ichabod, whose name means "Where is the glory?" RobertAlter argues that 1 Samuel 4:22 should be translated as "Glory is exiled from...
31–55. doi:10.2307/3268592. JSTOR 3268592. Younger 2023, p. 229 n. 64. RobertAlter, "The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: a Translation with...
interpretations of the implications of this phrase also demand consideration. RobertAlter emphasizes the point that when God forbids the man to eat from that particular...
religious poetry and themes. Not too much should be read into this, however. RobertAlter points out that the address to "sons of God" at the opening "are best...
beyond their own. The term is sometimes rendered as "chieftain," although RobertAlter cautions that this misrepresents shophtim as a normal leadership structure...
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Samuel 2:35 See "Torath HaKohanim", Mnachem Risikoff, Minor Chap. 200 RobertAlter, The David Story (New York: W. W. Norton, 2000), 15. "Zadok". www.jewishvirtuallibrary...
between them. Ish-bosheth complied, despite the public protests of Palti. RobertAlter observes that by stressing that he had paid the requested bride price...
Die typischen Szenen bei Homer, on the Iliad of Homer. Later work by RobertAlter employed similar examination to parts of the Hebrew Bible, in particular...
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