Strong as Death is Love: The Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel : a Translation with Commentary | Robert Alter
An award-winning translator highlights the modern-world relevance of five books of the Bible, revealing them to be innovative literary works of artistic poetry that frequently depict women as central characters.
Strong as Death is Love: The Song of Songs, Ruth, Esther, Jonah, and Daniel : a Translation with Commentary | 
