Toning Down Abraham: Arthur Golding’s 1577 Translation, A Tragedie of Abraham’s Sacrifice

By Anne G. Graham

Arthur Golding was a prolific Elizabethan translator, most famous for his rendering of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In 1577, he translated Théodore de Bèze’s 1550 tragedy, Abraham sacrifiant. While the Huguenot’s play has been widely studied, Golding’s…

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