Robert Alter
Robert Alter · Arts & Literature
Literary & drama critic
1935, New York City, United States
United States (University of California, Berkeley)
Robert Alter is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Literary & drama critic
Robert Alter is an American literary scholar and translator at UC Berkeley, celebrated for his acclaimed literary translation of the entire Hebrew Bible and for pioneering the study of the Bible as literature. A Jewish scholar deeply rooted in Hebrew tradition, he reshaped how readers encounter the biblical text in English.
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Literary & drama critic
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