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The Travels of Benjamin III (מסעות בנימין השלישי, Masa'ot Binyamin Ha-Shelishi) is a satirical work from the writer Mendele Mocher Sforim. The work was published first in the year 1878 in Yiddish, and, from then, until today, it has been considered by some[who?] to be the greatest satire on exilic Jewish life. The work is modeled after the Miguel de Cervantes novel Don Quixote.[1]

The titular character is considered the third great Jewish Benjamin to be a traveler: the first being Benjamin of Tudela, and the second being J. J. Benjamin.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Sieburth, Renee (1982). "The Travels and Adventures of Benjamin the Third: A Look at Its Sources". The International Fiction Review. 9 (2): 100–106.
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