Not P but Moby-Dick (62)

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, Michael and Ian.


On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 12:10 PM Michael Bailey <
michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:

> More literally, & particularly with respect to “unfulfilments” and
> “prophets” -
>
> “Oh [what a shame] that Biblical description should prove false”
>
> Job isn’t considered a prophetic book per se but
> “prophets” can here be rather loosely interpreted to mean “the writers of
> the Bible”
>
> Imagistically, the whale hanging there contradicts the word of God & by
> extension casts doubt upon the whole of religion
>
>
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> On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 12:03 PM Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > (Mike Jing)
> > What exactly does "Oh! that unfulfilments should follow the prophets."
> mean
> > > here? What would be a more explicit paraphrase?
> >
> >
> > Ian Livingston:
> > “(drily) "Oh, what a shame," even Leviathan is shamed with cowardice by
> > our
> > skill, courage, and technology.
> >
> >
> > Imho that’s perfect - the “drily” captures a sarcastic tone that redeems
> > the passage from straightforward, unseemly triumphalism
> >
> >
> >
> >
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