Words of virtuosity and power
Robert Alter, "The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes"
From the words of Job , to the teen favourites in the Song of Songs, and to the words of Ecclesiastes, the poetic light shines in the first literary translation of the Hebrew Bible since the King James Version.
"By the ear's rumor I heard of You, and now my eye has seen You. Therefore do I recant, And I repent in dust and ashes."
(Job)
"Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your loving is better than wine."
(Song of Songs)
"And dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life-breath returns to God Who gave it. Merest breath, said Qohelet. All is mere breath."
(Ecclesiastes)
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