Here in Robert Alter\'s bold new Translation are some of the most magnificent works in world literature.
Each of these books addresses the universal Wisdom that.
By contrast, a serene fatalism suffuses Ecclesiastes with a quiet beauty, and the pithy maxims of Proverbs impart a worldly Wisdom that is satirically shrewd.
The creation account in its Voice from the Whirlwind is beautiful and incendiary.
The astounding poetry in the Book of Job is restored to its powerful ancient meanings and rhythms.
Here in Robert Alter\'s bold new Translation are some of the most magnificent works in world literature