[lit-ideas] Re: Moby Dick and America
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:37:17 -0800 (PST)
Ahab was one of the kings of Israel (after the separation of Israel and Judea.)
His name in Hebrew means "brother of the father."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahab
--- On Wed, 12/10/08, Veronica Caley <molleo1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Veronica Caley <molleo1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Moby Dick and America
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 8:22 PM
Ishmael was half Arab. Abraham was his father, Hagar his mother. One Jew,
one Arab. He is important in both traditions so it makes the Arab/Israeli
conflict even sadder.
Is Ahab an Arab name?
Veronica
----- Original Message -----
From: "Omar Kusturica" <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:16 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Moby Dick and America
>
> The author of the article omits to make a point about the biblical names,
> Ahab being one of the kings of Israel and Ishmael the first Arab. What is
> the purpose of telling the story from Ishmael's perspective, other
than
> the technical one that the narrator neeeds to survive the tragedy ?
>
> O.K.
>
>
> --- On Wed, 12/10/08, cblists@xxxxxxxx <cblists@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: cblists@xxxxxxxx <cblists@xxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Moby Dick and America
>> To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 10:53 AM
>> On 9-Dec-08, at 8:20 PM, Eric Yost wrote:
>>
>> > we don't see "Ahab's perspective"
>> since the story is told through Ishmael. That's part of
>> Melville's point.
>>
>> Sounds like an interesting novel - has anyone done it
>> (i.e., told the story of _Moby Dick_ through Ahab's
>> perspective)?
>>
>> Chris Bruce
>> Kiel, Germany
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