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Robert Alter

Robert Bernard Alter (born 1935) is an American professor emeritus of Hebrew and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1967. He has published two dozen books, including an award-winning translation of the Hebrew Bible in 2018, which was twenty-four years in the making.

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Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship · honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2015) · National Jewish Book Award · honorary doctor of Yale University (2010)
Education
Harvard University, Columbia University
Born
1935 (age 90–91)
Employer
University of California, Berkeley (1967–)
Occupations
Scholar of the Bible as literature, university teacher, Hebraist, literary scholar

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Robert Alter → Columbia University, Commentary, English, Harvard University, He, Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, Jewish American, Kafka's
Awards · 4
Robert Alter → Guggenheim Fellowship, honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2015), honorary doctor of Yale University (2010), National Jewish Book Award
Born · 1
Robert Alter → 1935 (age 90–91)
Education · 1
Robert Alter → Harvard University, Columbia University
Employer · 1
Robert Alter → University of California, Berkeley (1967–)
Occupations · 1
Robert Alter → Scholar of the Bible as literature, university teacher, Hebraist, literary scholar

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Robert AlterEmployerUniversity of California, Berkeley (1967–)1.00infobox
Robert AlterOccupationsScholar of the Bible as literature, university teacher, Hebraist, literary scholar1.00infobox
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