Tuesday, October 26th, 6:30pm
Join eminent scholar and translator Robert Alter as he discusses the special challenges of conveying biblical poetry and prose in English, and reads from his new work, an ambitious and impressive new translation, with commentary, of The Wisdom Books, including Job, the work of “the greatest biblical poet,” The Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes. Robert Alter is Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at Berkeley and has published many acclaimed works on the Bible, literary modernism, and contemporary Hebrew literature, including several previous translations from the Hebrew Bible.
The Skylight Room (9100)
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Ave (btwn 34th & 35th)
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
No registration. Please arrive early for a seat.
212-817-2005
www.centerforthehumanitiesgc.org
