LPPM MMV "Siegel"

[Terrance]

pynchonoid wrote:
> 
> Yeah, I guess it's just a coincidence that Pynchon
> gives this character his college roomate's name.

Explain your reading of it.

It would be an exception.  
He doesn't name his characters after his friends. 

Siegel is the precursor of Benny Profane, he is a Jewish-Catholic. Only
P inverts the parents, Benny's Mother is Jewish (Benny) and his Father
(Profane) is Catholic and Italian. 

In the case of Siegel, the Law and the Priest, Father confessor, idol
worship, .... so on. 




Siegel: a member of the tribe of Levi but not descended from Aaron,
chosen to assist the Temple priests. 

http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/levite.html

A member of an ancient caste of hereditary Jewish priests. Membership in
the
Levites is determined by paternal descent. The
Levites have traditionally been considered the
descendants of Levi, a son of Jacob.


http://segal.org/name/