The Biblical Epic Poem`s Debate in Venice in the Early Seventeenth Century (E.S.THE.R. Project)

At the beginning of the seventeenth century, the Venetian ghetto’s cultural life opens to the outside. Among the key players of this fruitful period there’s Jacob Uziel, a Levantine Sephardim from Thessaloniki, a physician and a poet. He’s the author of the Biblical epic poem "David" (Venezia, Barezzo Barezzi, 1626) and he takes part to many literary and theological debates due to his relationship, among others, with Sara Copio Sullam, Ansaldo Cebà and Gabriele Zinani.

This study is part of the E.S.THE.R. Project (Enquiry on Sephardic Theatrical Representation).