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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