Robert Alter

Robert Alter
Robert Alter
Born	1935
Education	Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Arts
Alma mater	Harvard University; Columbia University ;
Occupation	Scholar of the Bible as literature, university teacher, Hebraist
Employer	University of California, Berkeley (1967–) ;
Awards	Guggenheim Fellowship; honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2015); National Jewish Book Award; honorary doctor of the Yale University (2010) ;
Position held	president (1996–1997)

Robert Bernard Alter (born 1935)^[1] is an American professor of Hebrew and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1967.^[2] He published his translation of the Hebrew Bible in 2018.

^ "Book of Members, 1780–Present: Chapter A" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^ "UC Berkeley Centre for Jewish Studies". Retrieved 5 July 2022.