MIPodcast #115—Robert Alter on translating the Hebrew Bible
It isn't every day that a scholar publishes a book that changes the entire landscape of a field of study, but that's exactly what Robert Alter did in 1981 with his book, The Art of biblical Narrative. For centuries and more, scholars had meticulously studied the Bible to tease out the voices those who compiled it, but Robert Alter paid attention to the finished product to see what the stories had to say in their completed form. It's hard to overestimate Alter's influence on literary studies of the Bible—looking at plot, genre, character, and more. And now Alter has finished his own complete translation of the Hebrew Bible—a mammoth task that took quarter of a century.
In this episode, Robert Alter joins us to talk about the challenges and surprises of biblical translation. He visited the Maxwell Institute in 2020 to deliver a set of guest lectures which you can watch here.
ROBERT ALTER is Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Berkeley, where he has taught since 1967. He has written widely on the European novel from the eighteenth century to the present, on contemporary American fiction, and on modern Hebrew literature. He is especially well-known for his work on the literary aspects of the Bible. His twenty-two published books include two prize-winning volumes on biblical narrative and poetry, and award-winning translations of the Five Books of Moses. In 2019 he published 'The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary, and 'The Art of Biblical Translation.
See mi.byu.edu/mip-alter.
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Видео MIPodcast #115—Robert Alter on translating the Hebrew Bible канала Maxwell Institute
In this episode, Robert Alter joins us to talk about the challenges and surprises of biblical translation. He visited the Maxwell Institute in 2020 to deliver a set of guest lectures which you can watch here.
ROBERT ALTER is Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Berkeley, where he has taught since 1967. He has written widely on the European novel from the eighteenth century to the present, on contemporary American fiction, and on modern Hebrew literature. He is especially well-known for his work on the literary aspects of the Bible. His twenty-two published books include two prize-winning volumes on biblical narrative and poetry, and award-winning translations of the Five Books of Moses. In 2019 he published 'The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary, and 'The Art of Biblical Translation.
See mi.byu.edu/mip-alter.
[FULL TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE]
Subscribe to the Maxwell Institute Podcast for free in Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify, or add the RSS feed to your preferred podcast app. Questions or comments about this and other episodes can be sent to mipodcast@byu.edu.
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