• Episode 3: The Power of Words with Robert Alter

  • Apr 20 2022
  • Length: 59 mins
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Episode 3: The Power of Words with Robert Alter

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  • Episode 3: The Power of Words with Robert Alter  

    [00:00:32] Robert Alter Introduction

    [00:01:13] The Voice in the Whirlwind

    [00:07:12] Poetic Word Choices

    [00:11:18] Rhythm in Translation  

    [00:14:10] Love of Literature

    [00:15:56] Writing as The Process of Discovery

    [00:20:18] Life-Long Love of Nabokov

    [00:25:59] The Art of Biblical Translation

    [00:30:10] Errors in Translation

    [00:33:36] Psalm 23 - Nefesh

    [00:43:16] Salvation

    [00:47:30] Canaanite Mythology

    [00:52:49] Patterns in Biblical Narrative

    [00:56:18] Getting Drunk on Words

     

     
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