I recently acquired a complete Tanakh commentary by Robert Alter which brings together all of his writings on the Hebrew Bible.  He seems to not be satisfied with how modern translations have translated the Bible into English, he believes that in what they present as good English is in fact a butchering of the flow and nuance of the original Hebrew.  His translation is supposed to capture more of the movement and cadence of the Hebrew (you learn a surprising amount about grammar by reading his comments.  Hypotaxis, parataxis, conjugation, jussives, hendiadys, synecdoche, oh my.

Has anyone else looked at his work?  Do you agree with his findings or is this a case of literary fussiness?  In some sense all translation is treachery, it can never be perfect.