Robert Alter

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(born 1935)

  • His last academic position in Dept. of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures: UCLA Berkeley
  • His Wikipedia page
  • Works and words by him and about him in Sefaria collections: [1]

Robert Alter's Hebrew Bible

Wikipedia entry for his English translation of the Hebrew Bible, published in 2018.

In this Wiki

The Firmament — meaning of Hebrew raki'a and consideration of appropriate translation into English
Genesis 2:21-22
Numbers 14:7-8 — meaning of "flowing with milk and honey"
Psalm 68:4,30-31
Jeremiah 31:11