books by Robert Alter

Robert Alter
Robert Alter
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The Five Books of Moses: A Tra... The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary (Hardcover)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 4.39 — 36 ratings — published 2004
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The Art of Biblical Narrative The Art of Biblical Narrative (Paperback)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 4.81 — 31 ratings — published 1983
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Genesis: Translation and Comme... Genesis: Translation and Commentary (Paperback)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 4.50 — 26 ratings — published 1997
2 editions
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The David Story: A Translation... The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel (Paperback)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 4.45 — 22 ratings — published 2000
2 editions
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The Book of Psalms: A Translat... The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary (Hardcover)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 5.35 — 21 ratings — published 2007
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The Art of Biblical Poetry The Art of Biblical Poetry (Paperback)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 3.55 — 11 ratings — published 1987
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The World of Biblical Literatu... The World of Biblical Literature (Hardcover)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 3.75 — 4 ratings — published 1992
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Necessary Angels: Tradition an... Necessary Angels: Tradition and Modernity in Kafka, Benjamin, and Scholem (Hardcover)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 4.75 — 4 ratings — published 1991
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The Window: New and Selected P... The Window: New and Selected Poems (Paperback)
by Dahlia Ravikovitch, Robert Alter
avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 1998
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Imagined Cities: Urban Experie... Imagined Cities: Urban Experience and the Language of the Novel (Hardcover)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 3.25 — 4 ratings — published 2005
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Partial Magic: The Novel as Se... Partial Magic: The Novel as Self-Conscious Genre (Paperback)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 1979
2 editions
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Pleasures of Reading in an Ide... Pleasures of Reading in an Ideological Age (Paperback)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 4.00 — 7 ratings — published 1990
3 editions
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The Invention of Hebrew Prose:... The Invention of Hebrew Prose: Modern Fiction and the Language of Realism (Samuel and Athea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 1988
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Fielding and the Nature of the... Fielding and the Nature of the Novel (Hardcover)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 1968
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Hebrew and Modernity Hebrew and Modernity (Paperback)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 1994
2 editions
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Canon and Creativity: Modern W... Canon and Creativity: Modern Writing and the Authority of Scripture (Hardcover)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 3.00 — 4 ratings — published 2000
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Modern Hebrew Literature Modern Hebrew Literature (Paperback)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 3.00 — 3 ratings — published 1975
2 editions
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A Lion for Love: A Critical Bi... A Lion for Love: A Critical Biography of Stendhal (Paperback)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 3.00 — 2 ratings — published 1986
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Water for Pabolee: Stories abo... Water for Pabolee: Stories about People and Development in the Himalayas (Hardcover)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2002
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L'art du récit biblique L'art du récit biblique (Paperback)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2000
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Defenses of the Imagination: J... Defenses of the Imagination: Jewish Writers and Modern Historical Crisis (Hardcover)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1978
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Anges necessaires /kafka-benja... Anges necessaires /kafka-benjamin-scholem tradition et modernite (Paperback)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2001
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Motives for Fiction Motives for Fiction (Hardcover)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1984
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Israel: A Traveler's Literary... Israel: A Traveler's Literary Companion (Paperback)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1996
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Genesis Reading Group Guide: A... Genesis Reading Group Guide: A New Translation and Commentary (Paperback)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1998
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How Long Till My Soul Gets It... How Long Till My Soul Gets It Right?: 100 Doorways on the Journey to Happiness (Paperback)
by Robert Alter, Jane Alter
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2002
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The Five Books of Moses: A Tra... The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary (Paperback)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008
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The Art of Biblical Narrative The Art of Biblical Narrative (Hardcover)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1981
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On Biblical Narrative On Biblical Narrative (Kritikos Professorship in the Humanities, 1999.)
by Robert Alter
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2000
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The Window: New and Selected P... The Window: New and Selected Poems (Library Binding)
by Dahlia Ravikovitch, Robert Alter (Contributor), Chana Bloch (Translator)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 1989
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