[lit-ideas] Adam's Navel
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:16:37 EDT
>I wonder what accent God had when
>he talked to Adam and Eve? Or to
>Moses? Or to Mohammed? Is God an
>omniaccentual being?
-- I don't know what language God used, but it is interesting to explore
what language Adam used to communicate with Eve (remember she was formerly one
of Adam's ribs).
I think this is called "Edenic language" and I tend to remember that Umberto
Eco, in perhaps "Opera Aperta" analyses this language in terms of a binary
code.
Geary is of the opinion that Adam spoke "Adamish":
1569 _GOLDING_
(http://0-dictionary.oed.com.csulib.ctstateu.edu/help/bib/oed2-g.html#golding)
tr. Heminge's Postill. 16
Hys newe byrth which sanctifieth the olde Adamishe and corrupt byrthe.
One point that Borges liked to discourse upon is that while most pictorial
representations show him as displaying a navel, he possibly didn't have one.
Cheers,
JL
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