*Is Abaddon to be feared?* My argument is no. I'm interested in knowing the origin of the cited scripture. Or is it scripture? It looks like it may be another person's version of the scripture which comes across as... It feels evil and foreboding. I have 2 sources that paint a different picture. In biblical text the apostle John translated the Hebrew word Abaddon to Greek which is Apollyon. Apollyon means “Destroyer,” and is given as the name of “the angel of the abyss.” Though most reference works apply this name to some evil person or entity, the whole setting of the apocalyptic vision in Revelation is to the contrary. It consistently portrays angels being used by God to bring woe and destruction upon His enemies. Not the devil or his demons. Destruction is not always evil. The Interpreter’s Bible says: “Abaddon, however, is an angel not of Satan but of God, performing his work of destruction at God’s bidding.” It wasn't until the 19th century that the 'angel of the a...
thank you - here is an interesting piece about the Essex - need to look to see if this has been made yet - http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/08/bbc-whaling-drama-moby-dick
ReplyDeleteOh - I believe it sunk in 1820 - so just throwing that out there so the date is around :)
ReplyDeleteand edit adding the link to the wikipedia, again just so all contained in one place :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_(whaleship)
Edgar Allan Wright , the man of mystery~ Knower of young Misty Hannah, professor to Devra Bogdonovitch, keeper of secrets, wearer of names, and now deluder of pseudonyms.
ReplyDeleteClearly the ancestor of which you refer is Mr. William Wright, whom' survived the sperm whale's strike and later passed in the treacherous winds of a hurricane.
Am I to believe Mr. Wright is in your family tree? Or is there something more hiding in this lore?
JoJo Stratton the other reference to Leviathan might be from Herman Melville himself
ReplyDelete" Give me a condor’s quill! Give me Vesuvius’ crater for an inkstand! Friends, hold my arms! For in the mere act of penning my thoughts of this Leviathan, they weary me, and make me faint with their outreaching comprehensiveness of sweep, as if to include the whole circle of the sciences, and all the generations of whales, and men, and mastodons, past, present, and to come, with all the revolving panoramas of empire on earth, and throughout the whole universe, not excluding its suburbs"