Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #76023 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 560 pages

Synopsis
This is a handsome package with endpapers and ribbon marker. A cornerstone of the biblical canon, "The Book of Psalms" has been a source of solace and joy for countless readers over millennia. The purity of its images invites reflection and supplication in times of sorrow. The musicality of its rhythms moves readers to celebration of good tidings. As in the past, today it is a book to be cherished as the grounding for daily life.This timeless poetry is beautifully wrought by a scholar whose translation of "The Five Books of Moses" was hailed as a "godsend" by Seamus Heaney, a "masterpiece" by Robert Fagles and a "remarkable work of scholarship" by James Wood. Robert Alter's "The Book of Psalms" captures the simplicity, the physicality and the coiled rhythmic power of the Hebrew, restoring the remarkable eloquence of these ancient poems. His learned and insightful commentary shines a light on the obscurities of the text.

Customer Reviews

alter, the book of psalms
As with his other books, this is exhaustively researched, beautifully presented and brings new life to an ancient topic. Few would not benefit from time spent with this book, either in snatches or prolonged reading