Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary, The

By Alter, Robert
Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc., 2004, Hardcover, 800pp., ISBN: 0393019551, $39.95

The Five Books is an enduring source of literary and spiritual renewal.

In its narrative we find the primal stories of the Creation and expulsion from the Garden of Eden. The intimacies of Genesis portray the tortuous relations between fathers and sons, husbands and wives. The grand historical narrative of Exodus and Numbers conveys a still-resonant drama of enslavement and liberation. Leviticus and Deuteronomy codify a culture and ensure its transmission over generations. From the publisher