Episode 87: Robert Alter - The Art of Translating the Bible

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Robert Alter has spent most of his life committed to studying the Bible and the last two decades creating an entirely new translation of the Old Testament. Pete and Jared talk about some of the insights he has gained from seeing the Bible as a literary masterpiece. Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Bible for Normal People,
0:02.2	the only God ordained podcast on the internet.
0:05.3	Serious talk about the sacred book.
0:07.4	I'm Pete Ends.
0:08.2	And I'm Jared Byeth.
0:09.2	BAM!
0:10.6	Hey, everybody.
0:11.2	Welcome to this episode of the Bible for Normal People.
0:13.5	And our topic today for this episode is the art
0:17.1	of translating the Bible.
0:18.6	And our guest is someone that we're very excited to have on here.
0:23.1	It's none other than Robert Alter and who cares?
0:26.4	Well, here's the who cares.
0:27.4	Robert Alter is
0:29.9	a very significant influential and one of these guys,
0:34.4	biblical scholars, who's just out there everywhere.
0:37.0	And you know, it's hard to, for example,
0:39.8	get out of seminary for those of us who went to seminary
0:42.9	without reading something this guy said.
0:44.8	He's just, he's a great scholar and he's at UC Berkeley.
0:49.4	And he's, he's still there.
0:50.9	This man is 80 years old.
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