The First Hebrew Shakespeare Translations

by Lily Khan

This first bilingual edition and analysis of the earliest Shakespeare plays translated into Hebrew - Isaac Edward Salkinson's Ithiel the Cushite of Venice (Othello) and Ram and Jael (Romeo and Juliet) - offers a fascinating and unique perspective on global Shakespeare. Differing significantly from the original English, the translations are replete with biblical, rabbinic, and medieval Hebrew textual references and reflect a profoundly Jewish religious...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1013287991
• ISBN13: 9781013287992
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 3.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"