{"product_id":"is-shylock-jewish-sara-coodin-9781474452403","title":"Is Shylock Jewish?: Citing Scripture and the Moral Agency of Shakespeare's Jews","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA detailed exploration of the significance of Hebrew Biblical stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat happens when we consider Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e as a play with 'real' Jewish characters who are not mere ciphers for anti-Semitic Elizabethan stereotypes? \u003ci\u003eIs Shylock Jewish\u003c\/i\u003e studies Shakespeare's extensive use of stories from the Hebrew Bible in \u003ci\u003eThe Merchant of Venice\u003c\/i\u003e, 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\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003etraces the complexity and richness of \u003ci\u003eMerchant\u003c\/i\u003e'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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eKey Features\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalyses alternative contexts for the moral agency of Jewish characters in The Merchant of Venice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an innovative study of Renaissance Christian Hebraism in England and English perceptions of Jews and Jewishness in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses important nineteenth- and twentieth-century Yiddish-language adaptations of The Merchant of Venice\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMakes a provocative and original argument about the importance of Judaic biblical exegesis to the long afterlife of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sara Coodin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 147445240X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474452403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/13\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Sara Coodin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940925571327,"sku":"9781474452403","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8037773a-0556-4472-9169-31416199586f.jpg?v=1681449941","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/is-shylock-jewish-sara-coodin-9781474452403","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}