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Robert Alter

Robert Alter

The Bible at Its Most Unorthodox
Feb 3, 2016

Here Scott Saul (English) engages in a conversation with Robert Alter (Near Eastern Studies)— the Hebrew Bible's most esteemed translator and commentator — on the Bible at its most unorthodox: the two books that never mention the word God (the Book of Esther, the Song of Songs) and the book of the Bible that most intently focuses its attention beyond the nation of Israel (the Book of Jonah). 

 

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