• Robert Bernard Alter (born 1935) is an American professor of Hebrew and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has...
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  • Robert Alter (born 1935) is an American Hebrew and comparative literature scholar. Robert Alter may also refer to: Robert Alter (hotelier) (born 1951)...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • translation of the Hebrew Bible completed by Robert Alter in 2018. It was written over the course of two decades. Alter's translation is considered unique in its...
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    Victor Hamilton calls these "intentional literary parallels," while Robert Alter suggests that the verb identify plays "a crucial thematic role in the...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • The Alters is an upcoming survival video game developed and published by 11 Bit Studios. In the game, the player assumes control of Jan, a space miner...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    "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...
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    Jonathan H. Alter (born October 6, 1957) is a liberal American journalist, best-selling author, Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker and television producer...
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  • 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...
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  • theology of creation: Genesis affirms monotheism and denies polytheism. Robert Alter described the combined narrative as "compelling in its archetypal character...
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    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...
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    from the original on 25 September 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2020. Robert Alter, "The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: a Translation with...
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    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...
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    Alter-globalization (also known as alternative globalization or alter-mundialization—from the French alter-mondialisation) is a social movement whose proponents...
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  • 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...
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  • Jacob Alter, Yiddish poet Pinchas Menachem Alter, Hassidic rabbi Robert Alter, Biblical scholar Stephen Alter, American author Simchah Bunim Alter, Hassidic...
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    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...
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  • Dictionary, Page 1116 Easton's Bible Dictionary, entry for "Rehoboth". Robert Alter (17 September 1997). Genesis: Translation and Commentary. W. W. Norton...
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    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...
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  • beyond their own. The term is sometimes rendered as "chieftain," although Robert Alter cautions that this misrepresents shophtim as a normal leadership structure...
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    reading "side" in place of traditional "rib", see Jacobs 2007, p. 37 Cf. Robert Alter, The Art of Biblical Narrative, Basic Books, 1983, p. 31. Gilbert, Scott...
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  • the Bible Nefesh B'Nefesh biblehub.com, Nephesh ecclesia.org, Nephesh Robert Alter, Genesis, W. W. Norton & CO, 1996 PP.XXIX-XXX studylight.org, nephesh...
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  • 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...
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