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# In-depth literary translation Top 50 Old Testament commentary Scholarly commentary & analysis Genesis: Translation and Commentary

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## Summary

> 📖 Unlock the timeless stories of Genesis like never before — where literature meets legacy.

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## Key Features

- • **Contextual Richness:** Benefit from detailed historical, poetic, and linguistic commentary that enriches every chapter.
- • **Literary Mastery Unveiled:** Experience Genesis through a fresh, literary lens that reveals hidden story patterns and motifs.
- • **Trusted Bestseller Status:** Join thousands of readers who rated this #47 Old Testament commentary with 4.6 stars.
- • **Perfect for Study & Reflection:** Ideal for academic courses or personal deep dives into scripture’s narrative artistry.
- • **Scholarly Depth for the Curious Mind:** Engage with college-level insights that challenge and expand your understanding of biblical texts.

## Overview

Genesis: Translation and Commentary by Robert Alter offers a groundbreaking literary translation of Genesis paired with insightful commentary that highlights narrative techniques, historical context, and linguistic nuances. Highly rated and widely used in academic settings, this edition invites readers to explore the Bible as a masterful work of storytelling.

## Description

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Review: Insightful - plan on making this a study - The intro was a hard read. More like a college level text book, but it provides background/logic/understanding of what the author tried to do in the translation. Once you get past that - insightful and thought provoking. An opportunity to look at Genesis with "new eyes". I liked the commentary with each chapter that provided historical, poetic and contextual references where a common phrase or story pattern was used in another part of the bible. This is the text for an on line class I am taking with HIllsdale college. I see other comments about why the translation fails as a "commentary" - but this is not a conservative or other commentary - it is his best effort at translation, where comments are provided to explain the translation - 2 distinctly different things.
Review: Stories Matter - I'm a fan of Robert Alter and just finished reading Genesis cover-to-cover. It was very delightful to see the repeated themes and echoed story lines pointed out throughout the book. Alter's introduction and the commentary are great training in learning how to mull over stories and what the manner of telling it teaches you. For example, the first quotation of each character's direct speech tells you a lot about him and is not randomly chosen. Some negative reviews of Alter's works complain that he isn't really a believer or that he dismisses theology and prophecy. That misses the point of what he is trying to do. He looks at the scripture primarily through the lenses of literature, story telling and linguistics. His commentary helps the reader see what great story telling is going on, and to appreciate the motifs of story line, keywords and Hebrew literary devices involved. It's up to the reader to decide what to do with it in terms of faith. There are plenty of Bible commentaries out there with a theological or devotional agenda. This is one of the few translators who takes us into the literary dimensions of the scriptures and I thank the Lord for Dr. Alter's gifts of translation and commentary.

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #38,403 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #47 in Old Testament Commentaries #98 in Old Testament Bible Study (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 454 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Insightful - plan on making this a study
*by J***B on March 8, 2025*

The intro was a hard read. More like a college level text book, but it provides background/logic/understanding of what the author tried to do in the translation. Once you get past that - insightful and thought provoking. An opportunity to look at Genesis with "new eyes". I liked the commentary with each chapter that provided historical, poetic and contextual references where a common phrase or story pattern was used in another part of the bible. This is the text for an on line class I am taking with HIllsdale college. I see other comments about why the translation fails as a "commentary" - but this is not a conservative or other commentary - it is his best effort at translation, where comments are provided to explain the translation - 2 distinctly different things.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stories Matter
*by S***E on October 13, 2020*

I'm a fan of Robert Alter and just finished reading Genesis cover-to-cover. It was very delightful to see the repeated themes and echoed story lines pointed out throughout the book. Alter's introduction and the commentary are great training in learning how to mull over stories and what the manner of telling it teaches you. For example, the first quotation of each character's direct speech tells you a lot about him and is not randomly chosen. Some negative reviews of Alter's works complain that he isn't really a believer or that he dismisses theology and prophecy. That misses the point of what he is trying to do. He looks at the scripture primarily through the lenses of literature, story telling and linguistics. His commentary helps the reader see what great story telling is going on, and to appreciate the motifs of story line, keywords and Hebrew literary devices involved. It's up to the reader to decide what to do with it in terms of faith. There are plenty of Bible commentaries out there with a theological or devotional agenda. This is one of the few translators who takes us into the literary dimensions of the scriptures and I thank the Lord for Dr. Alter's gifts of translation and commentary.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Artful translation preserving the syntax and flow of the Hebrew
*by J***R on April 22, 2024*

The preface, labeled "To The Reader" by the translator, alone is worth the investment of cost and effort of Alter's brilliant translation. He explains, in terms accessible to lay readers, his priority of rendering the original Hebrew's vividness and readability into English. In his terms, above all, he strove to avoid the common practice of "the use of translation as a vehicle for explaining the Bible instead of representing it in another language." The examples he chose exemplify this exceptional translation that exhibit his mastery of both languages.

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