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Is Shylock Jewish?: Citing Scripture and the Moral Agency of Shakespeare's Jews
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Is Shylock Jewish?: Citing Scripture and the Moral Agency of Shakespeare's Jews in Franklin, TN
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A detailed exploration of the significance of Hebrew Biblical stories in
The Merchant of Venice
What happens when we consider Shakespeare’s
as a play with ‘real’ Jewish characters who are not mere ciphers for anti-Semitic Elizabethan stereotypes?
Is Shylock Jewish
studies Shakespeare’s extensive use of stories from the Hebrew Bible in
, and argues that Shylock and his daughter Jessica draw on recognizably Jewish ways of engaging with those narratives throughout the play. By examining the legacy of Jewish exegesis and cultural lore surrounding these biblical episodes, this book traces the complexity and richness of
Merchant
’s Jewish aspect, spanning encounters with Jews and the Hebrew Bible in the early modern world as well as modern adaptations of Shakespeare’s play on the Yiddish stage.
Key Features
Analyses alternative contexts for the moral agency of Jewish characters in The Merchant of VeniceProvides an innovative study of Renaissance Christian Hebraism in England and English perceptions of Jews and Jewishness in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuriesDiscusses important nineteenth- and twentieth-century Yiddish-language adaptations of The Merchant of VeniceMakes a provocative and original argument about the importance of Judaic biblical exegesis to the long afterlife of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice
What happens when we consider Shakespeare’s
as a play with ‘real’ Jewish characters who are not mere ciphers for anti-Semitic Elizabethan stereotypes?
Is Shylock Jewish
studies Shakespeare’s extensive use of stories from the Hebrew Bible in
, and argues that Shylock and his daughter Jessica draw on recognizably Jewish ways of engaging with those narratives throughout the play. By examining the legacy of Jewish exegesis and cultural lore surrounding these biblical episodes, this book traces the complexity and richness of
Merchant
’s Jewish aspect, spanning encounters with Jews and the Hebrew Bible in the early modern world as well as modern adaptations of Shakespeare’s play on the Yiddish stage.
Key Features
Analyses alternative contexts for the moral agency of Jewish characters in The Merchant of VeniceProvides an innovative study of Renaissance Christian Hebraism in England and English perceptions of Jews and Jewishness in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuriesDiscusses important nineteenth- and twentieth-century Yiddish-language adaptations of The Merchant of VeniceMakes a provocative and original argument about the importance of Judaic biblical exegesis to the long afterlife of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
A detailed exploration of the significance of Hebrew Biblical stories in
The Merchant of Venice
What happens when we consider Shakespeare’s
as a play with ‘real’ Jewish characters who are not mere ciphers for anti-Semitic Elizabethan stereotypes?
Is Shylock Jewish
studies Shakespeare’s extensive use of stories from the Hebrew Bible in
, and argues that Shylock and his daughter Jessica draw on recognizably Jewish ways of engaging with those narratives throughout the play. By examining the legacy of Jewish exegesis and cultural lore surrounding these biblical episodes, this book traces the complexity and richness of
Merchant
’s Jewish aspect, spanning encounters with Jews and the Hebrew Bible in the early modern world as well as modern adaptations of Shakespeare’s play on the Yiddish stage.
Key Features
Analyses alternative contexts for the moral agency of Jewish characters in The Merchant of VeniceProvides an innovative study of Renaissance Christian Hebraism in England and English perceptions of Jews and Jewishness in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuriesDiscusses important nineteenth- and twentieth-century Yiddish-language adaptations of The Merchant of VeniceMakes a provocative and original argument about the importance of Judaic biblical exegesis to the long afterlife of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice
What happens when we consider Shakespeare’s
as a play with ‘real’ Jewish characters who are not mere ciphers for anti-Semitic Elizabethan stereotypes?
Is Shylock Jewish
studies Shakespeare’s extensive use of stories from the Hebrew Bible in
, and argues that Shylock and his daughter Jessica draw on recognizably Jewish ways of engaging with those narratives throughout the play. By examining the legacy of Jewish exegesis and cultural lore surrounding these biblical episodes, this book traces the complexity and richness of
Merchant
’s Jewish aspect, spanning encounters with Jews and the Hebrew Bible in the early modern world as well as modern adaptations of Shakespeare’s play on the Yiddish stage.
Key Features
Analyses alternative contexts for the moral agency of Jewish characters in The Merchant of VeniceProvides an innovative study of Renaissance Christian Hebraism in England and English perceptions of Jews and Jewishness in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuriesDiscusses important nineteenth- and twentieth-century Yiddish-language adaptations of The Merchant of VeniceMakes a provocative and original argument about the importance of Judaic biblical exegesis to the long afterlife of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
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