Strong As Death Is Love: The Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel

Strong As Death Is Love: The Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel PDF

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Robert Bernard Alter ist ein amerikanischer Professor für hebräische und vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft an der University of California, Berkeley, wo er seit 1967 lehrt. 2018 veröffentlichte er seine Übersetzung der hebräischen Bibel. 1957) und seinen Master-Abschluss (1958) und Promotion (1962) an der Harvard University in vergleichender Literaturwissenschaft. Er begann seine Karriere als Autor bei Commentary, wo er viele Jahre als Redakteur tätig war. Er hat dreiundzwanzig Bücher geschrieben und ist zuletzt für seine Übersetzung der gesamten hebräischen Bibel bekannt. Er hält Vorträge zu Themen, die von biblischen Episoden bis zu Kafkas Moderne und hebräischer Literatur reichen. Einer von Alter's wichtigen Beiträgen ist die Einführung der Typenszene in zeitgenössische hebräische Bibelstudien.

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Strong As Death Is Love: The Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel pdf von Robert Alter

" Alter has given fresh life to some of the most beloved . . . books in our heritage."—Philadelphia Inquirer

The Song of Songs; Ruth; Esther; Jonah; and Daniel offer readers a range of pleasures not usually associated with the Bible. As distant in time from the Five Books of Moses as Updike is from Shakespeare, these Late Biblical books are innovative, entertaining literary works. Women often stand center stage. The Song of Songs is a celebration of young love, frankly sensuous, with no reference to God or covenant. It offers some of the most beautiful love poems of the ancient world. The story of Queen Esther's shrewd triumph is also a secular entertainment, with clear traces of farce and sly sexual comedy. The character of Ruth embodies the virtues of loyalty, love, and charity in a harmonious world. Enigma replaces harmony in Daniel's feverish night dreams. The apocalyptic strangeness of Daniel echoes in works from the New Testament's Book...

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