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>
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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 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
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