How has the Hebrew Bible impacted the intellectual development of the West? How might a deeper understanding of Saul and David’s biblical narrative help us read Shakespeare’s meditations on the nature of kingship? In this episode, Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, director of the YU’s Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought, examines the legitimacy, majesty, and humility of monarchy (or lack thereof) in Shakespeare’s Richard II and Macbeth.
Audio Credits:
Richard II: Episode 1, WYNC Studios + The Public (2020)
Patrick Stewart as John of Gaunt in The Hollow Crown, "Richard II"
Mentioned in This Episode:
Renaissance England's Chief Rabbi: John Selden by Jason P. Rosenblatt
This Is Shakespeare by Emma Smith
Shakespeare After All by Marjorie Garber
Hosted by Straus Center Resident Scholar Dr. Shaina Trapedo
Produced by Uri Westrich and Sam Gelman
Outro by Straus Scholar Ayelet Brown
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