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Ahab
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Author : Jerome T. Walsh
language : en
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Release Date : 2006
Ahab written by Jerome T. Walsh and has been published by Liturgical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Religion categories.
"In this book Walsh sheds new, if not always more positive, light on Ahab, king of Israel during the ninth century BCE."--BOOK JACKET.
Ahab
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Author : Harold Bloom
language : en
Publisher: Facts On File
Release Date : 1991
Ahab written by Harold Bloom and has been published by Facts On File this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Literary Criticism categories.
Essays to help you understand and appreciate Melville's novel, Moby Dick, and especially the character Captain Ahab.
The Elijah Enigma
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Author : Hillel I. Millgram
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-09-30
The Elijah Enigma written by Hillel I. Millgram and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-30 with Religion categories.
An analysis of the intertwining tales of Elijah and Ahab--mercurial prophet and Machiavellian king--this book is an accessible treatment of one of the most dramatic and well-known episodes in the Bible. In contrast to the popular image of Elijah as a courageous wonder-worker who calls down fire from heaven and ascends to heaven in a fiery chariot, this book contends that the prophet was a deeply conflicted man, torn between a burning idealism and a deep disillusionment over his failure to achieve his ideals. Despite his profound sense of failure, Elijah's struggle against the paganizing regime of King Ahab and his queen, Jezebel, managed to save monotheism from eclipse, and in so doing alter the course of human history. This work further proposes that the tale presented by the Bible is more than an account of an ancient battle between two historic figures: it is a paradigm of the struggle between the ideals of human dignity and justice, and the alternative of expediency in the pursuit of power, a conflict that pervades human life to this very day.
Melville S Captain Ahab As A Literary Antitype
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Author : Silja Rübsamen
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2002-10-16
Melville S Captain Ahab As A Literary Antitype written by Silja Rübsamen and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-16 with Literary Collections categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: A, University of Massachusetts - Amherst (English Department), course: English 731: Bible - Myth, Society, Literature, language: English, abstract: 1. Introduction: The Bible as a Source Of all sources for Moby-Dick, the Bible, as an inescapable part of his education, was Melville′s best and earliest known one. Herman Melville was raised in a pious middle class perception of religion, and broadened his horizon of knowledge about Scripture and its reception throughout the centuries through the study of biblical commentaries, metaphysical essays, sermons, religious poetry, and of course of the "opposition": stoic, skeptical, and deist literature. No other major writer of Melville′s times makes such extensive use of Scripture. Not even Emerson, with an actual career as an Unitarian minister, or Hawthorne, who grew up in a Salem Calvinist family, make a comparable effort to use the Bible as a source, or to imply comparable grave consequences for the world view of both reader and author in their use of it. Raised with the Bible, Melville′s biblical allusions appear with such regularity that their use seems "not studied but involuntarily." The spontaneity of their occurrence points to the fact that Melville had internalized the contents and styles of Scripture to an extent that made him employ biblical imagery, characters, and themes as if they had sprung from his own mind. There are about 250 obvious allusions to biblical passages in Moby-Dick , and an almost indefinite number of thematic and stylistic borrowings. Throughout Melville′s career as an author, the number of allusions to biblical writings continually rises, from only a dozen in his first novel, Typee, to more than 550 in Clarel, the latter being the only work with more references to Scripture than Moby-Dick. In Nathalia Wright′s list of the biblical books which Herman Melville marked and commented upon, the books of Ecclesiastes and Job have most markings, right after the Psalms, Matthew, and Isaiah, which suggests "close connections [...] between the Bibles he read and the books Melville wrote." Of the passages thoroughly marked the wisdom sentiments in Job, especially the dialogue between Yahweh and Job in Job, ch. 38ff, as well as the short book of Jonah, are most notable for their recurrence as important features of Melville′s novels. [...]
Hero Or Villain Constructing Captain Ahab S Identity
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Author : Kathrin Vogler
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2017-05-23
Hero Or Villain Constructing Captain Ahab S Identity written by Kathrin Vogler and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-23 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,0, University of Stuttgart, language: English, abstract: In 1851 Herman Melville published his novel "Moby-Dick; or, The Whale" which is considered an outstanding work of Romanticism and the American Renaissance. Although it was a commercial failure at first, its reputation as a Great American Novel grew during the twentieth century. Other authors admit they wished they had written it themselves and praise the novel. What makes the novel especially interesting is the protagonist, Captain Ahab, who is on a monomaniacal quest for revenge on the white whale Moby Dick that took his leg on a previous voyage. The scholars’ opinions about Ahab range from being a villain to being a hero, whereby some scholars might feel ambiguous and hesitant to put Ahab in either one of the categories. The complexity of Ahab’s character makes it hard to categorize him in either good or bad because he really displays qualities of both. This paper’s aim is to look behind Captain Ahab’s façade in order to find out how Melville constructed his protagonist and why he constructed him the way he did. First of all it is important to look at some key features that occur in Ahab’s character, namely the battle between free will and fate, madness and obsession with revenge. The second part of this paper takes a closer look at possible influences on the construction of Captain Ahab by comparing Ahab to other leaders: In a comparison to King Ahab of Israel the topic of religion in Moby Dick will be mentioned, a comparison to Milton’s Satan will deal with Ahab’s satanic features and the last comparison will connect Ahab to the tragic hero of Shakespeare. Finally the main findings will be summarized in a conclusion.
Ahab Agonistes
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Author : Lester L. Grabbe
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2007-04-28
Ahab Agonistes written by Lester L. Grabbe and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-28 with Religion categories.
The European Seminar in Historical Methodology is committed to debating issues surrounding the history of ancient Israel and Judah with the aim of developing methodological principles for writing a history of the period. In this particular session the topic chosen was the Omride dynasty-its rise and fall-and the subsequent Jehu dynasty, down to the fall of Samaria to the Assyrians. Participants discuss such topics as the dating of prophetic texts, the house of Ahab in Chronicles, the Tel Dan inscription, the Mesha inscription, the Jezebel tradition, the archaeology of Iron IIB, the relationship between the biblical text and contemporary sources, and the nature of the Omride state. The volume incidentally gives a reasonably comprehensive treatment of the main sources, issues, debates, and secondary literature on this period of Israel's history. An introductory chapter summarizes the individual papers and also the relevant section of Mario Liverani's recent history of the period. A concluding `Reflections on the Debate' summarizes the issues raised in the papers and provides a perspective on the discussion. LHB/OTS volume 421 - ESHM volume 6
The Sin Of Ahab
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Author : Anna Jane Wilcox Harnwell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1922
The Sin Of Ahab written by Anna Jane Wilcox Harnwell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1922 with categories.
Ahab A Love Story
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Author : Stephen Melillo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-06-28
Ahab A Love Story written by Stephen Melillo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-28 with categories.
Who is the Captain Ahab known to millions of readers? Didn't a young Ahab fall in love, and inhale the beauty of life? What happened to him? What indescribable loss pierced him? How, when, and why did he become Captain Ahab? Given Ahab's age and the date of the sinking, the backstory to Melville's Moby Dick, a work entitled "Ahab, a Love Story," comes from a timeline that is real. In this story, Ahab did live; he did love, and he did inhale the beauty of life. The History in this novel is actual. The ships' names, manifests and schedules are authentic. The astrological events, geographies, cultures, places, embedded stories, imprisonments, structures, battles...all occurred as documented in this story. While doing the research, I became eerily intrigued by the way in which everything lined up. Superimposed upon this backdrop of actual history and true-to-life events, we meet young Ahab, a fictional character. Yet, by story's end, one will wonder. . . Did young Ahab exist? For me, he did and does. So too did, and does, Abbie. Enjoy & Godspeed! Stephen Melillo
Ahab S Bride
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Author : Louise M. Gouge
language : en
Publisher: David C Cook
Release Date : 2004
Ahab S Bride written by Louise M. Gouge and has been published by David C Cook this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Fiction categories.
Before Captain Ahab encountered Moby Dick, he met the woman who would capture his heart--Hannah Oldweiler. This voyage back to 19th Century Nantucket completes the portrait of the man who ruled the sea with an iron will, and introduces to the woman who had a spirit and determination to match. When Ahab becomes obsessed with settling a score with the great whale, Hannah is left alone to raise their son and to oversee her husband's estate. Waiting and praying for his safe return, Hannah is faced with loneliness--a deep longing in her soul that not even her husband can meet. Will Hannah become as independent as Ahab? Will she take her future into her own hands? Who will fill the emptiness in her heart? Click Here to Meet the Author Download the Readers' Guide.
Hunting Captain Ahab
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Author : Clare L. Spark
language : en
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Release Date : 2006
Hunting Captain Ahab written by Clare L. Spark and has been published by Kent State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Literary Criticism categories.
This highly acclaimed and provocative interdisciplinary study of the development of institutional censorship explores the complexities of 20th-century American cultural politics through the protagonists of the Melville Revival. Spark addresses the distinction between the radical and conservative Enlightenment and makes her way through Melville's often confusing and contradictory texts, examining the disputes within Melville scholarship.