Robert Alter
- Religious studies top 0.05%
- Biblical Studies and Interpretation 24
- Development top 2%
- Archeology top 1%
- Archaeology and Historical Studies 8
- Philosophy top 1%
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- Franz Kafka Literary Studies 3
- Contemporary Literature and Criticism 2
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- Historical and Linguistic Studies 9
- Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies 6
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- Mormonism, Religion, and History 3
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- Jewish Identity and Society 3
Robert Alter
52 papers receiving 532 citations
Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 74
- Religious studies 502
- Development 70
- Archeology 184
- Philosophy 186
- Literature and Literary Theory 180
Countries citing papers authored by Robert Alter
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All Works
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2016 | 1 | |
| 2 | Strong as death is love : the Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel : a translation with commentary | 2015 | 5 |
| 3 | The Five Books of Moses: A Translation with Commentary | 2010 | 41 |
| 4 | The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary | 2010 | 24 |
| 5 | The sweet cheat well and truly gone | 2002 | 2 |
| 6 | Unentbehrliche Engel : Tradition und Moderne bei Kafka, Benjamin, und Scholem | 2001 | 0 |
| 7 | 1998 | 25 | |
| 8 | 1998 | 1 | |
| 9 | My little chickadee | 1997 | 2 |
| 10 | 1991 | 10 | |
| 11 | 1989 | 1 | |
| 12 | 1989 | 5 | |
| 13 | The Art of Biblical Poetry | 1985 | 74 |
| 14 | 1982 | 176 | |
| 15 | Modern Hebrew literature | 1975 | 7 |
| 16 | What Jewish Studies Can Do. | 1974 | 5 |
| 17 | A Fever of Ethnicity. | 1972 | 2 |
| 18 | 1971 | 3 | |
| 19 | After the tradition: Essays on modern Jewish writing | 1971 | 10 |
| 20 | 1965 | 15 |
About Robert Alter
Robert Alter is a scholar working on Religious studies, Literature and Literary Theory, Archeology, Classics and Development, having authored 63 papers that have together received 1.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Biblical Studies and Interpretation (24 papers), Historical and Linguistic Studies (9 papers), Archaeology and Historical Studies (8 papers), Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (6 papers), Mormonism, Religion, and History (3 papers), Jewish Identity and Society (3 papers), Franz Kafka Literary Studies (3 papers) and Contemporary Literature and Criticism (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Religious studies (502 citations), Development (70 citations), Archeology (184 citations), Philosophy (186 citations) and Literature and Literary Theory (180 citations). Robert Alter has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Michael Bell, Frank Kermode, Joseph H. Silverman, Robert D. Spector, Shierry Weber Nicholsen, J.P. Fokkelman, Mary Sullivan, Charlotte Tan, David Cella and Northrop Frye. Their work appears in journals such as Poetics Today, Comparative Literature, NOVEL A Forum on Fiction, The Classical World and Critical Inquiry.
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