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Ravi lobo asked this question about Ishmael (Ishmael, #1):

I'm currently reading this book. What is the significance behind the name Ishmael? It is also the name of the narrator in Moby Dick (Call me Ishmael). Is this just a coincidence?

Larry A I was wondering the same thing - as I was finishing Moby Dick when I came across this book. I have concluded that both authors are referencing the bib…moreI was wondering the same thing - as I was finishing Moby Dick when I came across this book. I have concluded that both authors are referencing the biblical character - not each other. Ishmael, in the Bible, was the son of Abraham and Hagar (a servant). In my interpretation, he represents a kind of wildness and disinheritance (as suggested by Gayle).
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