The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary

The Wisdom Books

Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary

2011 • 413 pages

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Excellent translation and footnotes as always from Robert Alter. I was surprised by how bland Proverbs is to an adult reader, but Job and Ecclesiastes/Qoholet are surprisingly complex and subversive.

April 9, 2018