Robert Bernard Alter (born 1935) is an American professor of Hebrew and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has...

Robert Alter (born 1935) is an American Hebrew and comparative literature scholar. Robert Alter may also refer to: Robert Alter (hotelier) (born 1951)...

Robert Alan Alter (born March 5, 1951, in New York, NY) is an American hotelier and real estate investor. He is the founder and chairman emeritus of Sunstone...

The Alters (stylized as THE ALTERS All By Myselves) is an upcoming survival game developed and published by 11 Bit Studios. In the game, the player assumes...

translation of the Hebrew Bible completed by Robert Alter in 2018, being written over the course of two decades. Alter's translation is considered unique in its...

NIV translation, these men were only "pledged to marry" his daughters. Robert Alter suggests that the reference in verse 15 to "your two daughters who remain...

cultural material or more ethnic material into it. It comes very naturally. Robert Alter describes Amichai's poetry as a "play of sound". He "builds a strong...

Victor Hamilton calls these "intentional literary parallels," while Robert Alter suggests that the verb identify plays "a crucial thematic role in the...

An alter ego (Latin for "other I") means an alternate self, which is believed to be distinct from a person's normal or true original personality. Finding...

that the insertion of chapter 38 "creates suspense for the reader", but Robert Alter goes further and suggests it is a result of the "brilliant splicing of...

Jacob Alter, Yiddish poet Pinchas Menachem Alter, Hassidic rabbi Robert Alter, Biblical scholar Stephen Alter, American author Simchah Bunim Alter, Hassidic...

David Alter (December 3, 1807 – September 18, 1881) was a prominent American inventor and scientist of the 19th century. He was born in Westmoreland County...

seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. You shall do no task... (Robert Alter, The Five Books of Moses, 2004) Remember the Sabbath day and keep it...

"Reviewed Work: Rogue's Progress: Studies in the Picaresque Novel by Robert Alter". The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. 64 (2): 303. JSTOR 27714644...

Alter-globalization (also known as alter-globo, alternative globalization or alter-mundialization—from the French alter-mondialisation) is a social movement...

interpretations of the implications of this phrase also demand consideration. Robert Alter emphasizes the point that when God forbids the man to eat from that particular...

honored those such as Gore Vidal, Ursula K. Le Guin, Charlie Kaufman, and Robert Alter. On September 18, 2007, Masters moderated a discussion billed as "The...

Thomas Beach Alter (22 June 1950 – 29 September 2017) was an Indian actor. He was best known for his works in Hindi cinema, and Indian theatre. In 2008...

31–55. doi:10.2307/3268592. JSTOR 3268592. Younger 2023, p. 229 n. 64. Robert Alter, "The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: a Translation with...

The Art of Biblical Narrative is a 1981 book by Robert Alter in which he outlines a literary approach to the Hebrew Bible. He proposes that "the Bible...

Dictionary, p. 1116. Easton's Bible Dictionary, entry for "Rehoboth". Robert Alter (17 September 1997). Genesis: Translation and Commentary. W. W. Norton...

news, giving birth to Ichabod, whose name means "Where is the glory?" Robert Alter argues that 1 Samuel 4:22 should be translated as "Glory is exiled from...

Alter Mojze Goldman (17 November 1909 – 1988) was a Polish Jew and member of the French Résistance during World War II. He was born in Lublin after the...

Jonathan H. Alter (born October 6, 1957) is a liberal American journalist, best-selling author, Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker and television producer...

that the insertion of chapter 38 "creates suspense for the reader", but Robert Alter goes further and suggests it is a result of the "brilliant splicing of...

Samuel 2:35 See "Torath HaKohanim", Mnachem Risikoff, Minor Chap. 200 Robert Alter, The David Story (New York: W. W. Norton, 2000), 15. "Zadok". www.jewishvirtuallibrary...

beyond their own. The term is sometimes rendered as "chieftain," although Robert Alter cautions that this misrepresents shophetim as a normal leadership structure...

religious poetry and themes. Not too much should be read into this, however. Robert Alter points out that the address to "sons of God" at the opening "are best...

Joanne H. Alter (July 23, 1927 – November 9, 2008) was an American activist, politician, and the first woman to break the gender barrier in Chicago area...

between them. Ish-bosheth complied, despite the public protests of Palti. Robert Alter observes that by stressing that he had paid the requested bride price...