Comment on Bible scholar is annual Humanities Council speaker

By Paul J. Nyden Studying literary scholarship, along with Hebrew language and culture, inspired Robert Alter to study various translations of the Bible and to begin publishing new translations of his own. "My training was in the field of comparative literature. I worked on 18th-century to 20th-century European literature and American fiction," Alter said, during an interview with the Gazette-Mail.Alter will deliver the annual McCreight Lecture in the Humanities on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.