VLVL2 (1): Annotations (pp. 10 - 11)

[joeallonby]

He wrote two autobiographies. One called "I'm Not Spock". Later, he came to
grips with things and wrote "I Am Spock".

See also "The Physics of Star Trek".

Yes, I'm a geek.


on 7/14/03 11:23 PM, Dave Monroe at monrovius at yahoo.com wrote:

> Cf. ...
> 
> "... 'tis Dixon's luck to discover The Rabbi of
> Prague,
> headquarters of a Kabbalistick Faith, in
> correspondence with the Elect Cohens of Paris, whose
> private Salute they now greet Dixon with, the Fingers
> spread two and two, and the Thumb held away from them
> likewise, said to represent the Hebrew letter Shin and
> to signify, 'Live long and prosper.'"  (M&D, Ch. 50,
> p.
> 485)
> 
> Proverbs 3:1-2
> 
> 1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my
> commands in your heart,
> 2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring
> you prosperity.
> 
> http://www.ebs.hw.ac.uk/EDC/StarTrek/gifs/3spock.gif
> 
> http://www.novelenterprise.com/episTOS2/2journey2c.jpg
> 
> From David Gerrold, The World of Star Trek (New York:
> Ballantine, 1973) ...
> 
> "The salute is given with the right hand, palm facing
> the person you are greeting with the fingers spread in
> the middle.  The gesture is very much like the
> V-for-Victory Peace Sign.  When done with both hands
> close together, it is an old and esoteric Rabbinical
> gesture, used in certain types of Jewish blessings.
> The congregation is supposed to cover their eyes, but
> Leonard [Nimoy] used to peek.  (Theological humility
> prevents me here from speculating that Vulcan was
> colonized by the ten lost tribes of Israel.)"
> (footnote, p. 46)
> 
> "Nimoy delved in to his own Jewish upbringing to
> create the Vulcan hand salute, first used in the
> episode 'Amok Time'. The salute is derived from that
> used by the Kohanim (Hebrew priests) when blessing the
> congregation while forming the letter 'shin' with
> their hands."
> 
> http://www.ebs.hw.ac.uk/EDC/StarTrek/spock.html
> 
> "... I discussed my ambivalence about going to Germany
> with my wife's cousin John Rosove, our rabbi at Temple
> Israel in Hollywood. 'Do young German fans know that
> you're a Jew?' he asked. 'Perhaps a small number,' I
> replied. 'Do they know that you introduced the Vulcan
> hand salute based on the letter SHIN and that it comes
> from your experience watching the kohanim (the
> priestly descendants of Aaron) at synagogue services?'
> 'Perhaps only a small number would have heard about
> it,' I responded."
> 
> http://uahc.org/rjmag/999ln.html
> 
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0205&msg=66774&sort=date
> 
> --- Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 11.32  "Mr. Spock's Vulcan hand salute"   A
>> character from the original Star Trek TV series
>> (1966 - 1969), Mr. Spock was memorably (and
>> logically) played by Leonard Nemoy.  The Vulcan hand
>> salute is achieved by holding the palm out, and
>> creating a "V" by splitting the middle and ring
>> fingers (index-middle together, ring-pinky
>> together).  Apparently, the hand salute was created
>> for the character by Nemoy, and was based on hand
>> symbols he'd observed as a child at the synogogue.
>> http://members.rogers.com/nimoyleonard/nimoy_startrek.html
> 
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