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) is an American professor emeritus of Hebrew and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1967. He has published two dozen books, including an award-winning translation of the Hebrew Bible in 2018, which was twenty-four years in the making.