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Brilliant post... one of your best so far Jason! Loved the 15 minute great books video...

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Thank you, Jim!

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I've read through Ahab's global revenge quest some three times. Your post did it justice.

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18 hrs agoLiked by Jason A Clark

I reread Moby Dick earlier this year and it is always a great pleasure. It inspired me to read “Leviathan” by Eric Jay Dolin and visit the New Bedford Whaling Museum, both great decisions!

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20 hrs agoLiked by Jason A Clark

Loved today's post, Jason! I noticed you put Nathaniel Philbrick's book In the Heart of the Sea on the list of references. Definitely a good read if anyone is interested in this story.

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You keep hitting home-runs, Jason. Great piece.

I made a number of deliberate, specific allusions to scenes and images from Moby Dick in my first novel, Covered With Snow (bit.ly/CWS-p) but (confession!) I read it cover to cover for the first time only earlier this year. Sproul's take is fascinating, William. Thank you. I would be interested in others' thoughts on the following: I came away with a sense that, despite *lots* of Christian stuff in there--from hard-hitting sermons to many symbolic Christian elements, both grand and small-- Melville's over-arching worldview was not Christian. I.e., like most in that time, he knew more Bible than the average real Christian does today, but he seems, ultimately, albeit subtly, to take a cynical, even nihilistic view of it, the very opposite of reverent and Christ exalting. Thots?

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A good read and an interesting point of view that merits further consideration. I might have to read Moby-Dick again.

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