Isaac Barb
Teacher and writer
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| Intro | Teacher and writer | |
| Places | Russia | |
| was | Poet Translator Teacher | |
| Work field | Academia Literature | |
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| Birth | 26 June 1827, Jarosław, Powiat jarosławski, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland | |
| Death | 21 February 1903Jarosław, Powiat jarosławski, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland (aged 75 years) | |
| Star sign | Cancer |
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Isaac Barb (Yiddish: יצחק בּארבּ, Yitsḥak Barb; 26 June 1827 – 21 February 1903) was a Galician Jewish educator, translator, and poet. He published the first Hebrew translation of Shakespeare's Macbeth in 1883, adapted from Schiller's German translation.
Bibliography
- Memashel meshalim. Drohobych: A. H. Zupnik. 1897 [1861].
- "Shir le-Purim" [A Poem for Purim]. Ha-Nesher. Lemberg: Ha-mevaser. 3 (10): 42–43. March 1863.
- Shakespeare, William (1883). Makbet [Macbeth]. Drohobych: Zupnik & Knoller.
- Adam ve-Ḥava be-Gan Eden [Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden] (PDF). Przmysl: Zupnik, Knoller & Hamerschmid. 1885.
- "Olam aḥer" [Another World]. Otzar Ha-sifrut. Krakow: Josef Fischer. 2: 224–226. 1888.