Yitzhak Salkinsohn

Isaac Edward Salkinsohn (1820 – 1883), Hebrew יצחק סלקינסון (Yitzhak Salkinson), was a Jew who converted to Christianity, lived during the the Age of Enlightenment, and made his name as a translator into Hebrew. He was faithful to the original text, yet preserved the spirit of the Hebrew language, which he characterized as a biblical and liturgical language.

His most famous translations:

• John Milton's Paradise Lost as Vaygaresh et ha-adam ("And He drove the man out", a phrase from Genesis 3:24).
• The New Testament, although his translation is now difficult to find, as the one by Franz Delitzsch is more prevalent.
• Two works by William Shakespeare: Othello as Ithi'el ha-Kushi, and Romeo and Juliet as Ram ve-Ya'el.

References

• יצחק סלקינסון (Yitzhak Salkinson) in the Hebrew-language Wikipedia. Retrieved March 22, 2005.

External links

• Salkinsohn, Isaac Edward in the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia