Ancient Israel: The Former Prophets: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings

by Robert Alter

Book Overview

To read the books of the Former Prophets in this riveting Robert Alter translation is to discover an entertaining amalgam of hair-raising action and high literary achievement. Samson, the vigilante superhero of Judges, slaughters thousands of Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey. David, the Machiavellian prince of Samuel and Kings, is one of the great literary figures of antiquity. A ruthless monarch, David embodies a life in full dimension as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393082695
• ISBN13: 9780393082692
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 880 Pages
• Weight: 2.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.6" x 9.6"