editor of the Hebrew periodical ‘’The Dawn’’. Smolenskin, after he realized Salkinsohn’s considerable talent for translation, encouraged him to translate the world’s great literature into Hebrew. Salkinsohn represented two opposite sides for educated Jewry of the period. On one hand, he was making the great Western novels accessible to most Jews, and was a beautiful translator, but on the other hand, he had converted and was encouraging them to do the same. He had his share of enemies: not only did people warn against him and released slander against him, but there also were many who egged others on against his friend, Peretz Smolenskin. For many Jews of the period, even though they enjoyed his translations, it was hard to praise a Jew who had converted to Christianity, and one who translated not only literary works, but undoubtedly Christian works. Six years after he reached Vienna, on June 5, 1883, Isaac Salkinsohn died, aged 63. His most famous translations: 1871 - 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, published posthumously in 1886, although his translation is now difficult to find, as the one by Franz Delitzsch is more prevalent. Two works by William Shakespeare: 1874 - Othello as Ithi'el ha-Kushi, and in 1878 - Romeo and Juliet as Ram ve-Ya'el. Sources This article uses translated material from the equivalent Hebrew-language Wikipedia article (retrieved March 22, 2005). Both articles are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Encyclopaedia Judaica, 1972, Keter Publishing House, Jerusalem, Israel. External links Salkinsohn, Isaac Edward in the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia 1820 births 1883 deaths People from Shklow Belarusian Jews Belarusian Presbyterians Belarusian translators Translators of the New Testament into Hebrew Converts to Calvinism from Judaism Lithuanian Jews 19th-century translators Jewish translators of the Bible