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  2. The Whale (Tavener) - Wikipedia

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    The work is loosely based on the biblical allegory of Jonah and the Whale, although Tavener admitted that "The 'fantasy' grew and perhaps at times nearly 'swallowed' the biblical text: so the swallowing of Jonah became almost 'literal' in the biblical sense."

  3. Jack Was Every Inch a Sailor - Wikipedia

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    It is a comical retelling of the Jonah tale, with a Newfoundland whaler as protagonist, but in this instance the whale gets his comeuppance. [ 1 ] It may have been adapted from a New York City music-hall song "Every Inch a Sailor", which itself was a burlesque of " HMS Pinafore ".

  4. Jonah - Wikipedia

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    Jonah and the Whale (1621) by Pieter Lastman Jonah Preaching to the Ninevites (1866) by Gustave Doré, in La Grande Bible de Tours. Jonah is the central character in the Book of Jonah, in which God commands him to go to the city of Nineveh to prophesy against it "for their great wickedness is come up before me," [10] but Jonah instead attempts to flee from "the presence of the Lord" by going ...

  5. Book of Jonah - Wikipedia

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    Jonah is miraculously saved by being swallowed by a "great fish", in whose belly he spends three days and three nights. [20] While inside the great fish, Jonah prays to God in thanksgiving and commits to paying what he has vowed. [21] Jonah's prayer has been compared with some of the Psalms, [22] and with the Song of Hannah in 1 Samuel 2:1-10. [23]

  6. Leviathan - Wikipedia

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    In a legend recorded in the Midrash called Pirke de-Rabbi Eliezer it is stated that the fish which swallowed Jonah narrowly avoided being eaten by the Leviathan, which eats one whale each day. [b] [citation needed] The body of the Leviathan, especially his eyes, possesses great illuminating power.

  7. Happy Holidays from The Dispatch!

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    The week between Christmas and the New Year, when the world—and for our purposes, the news—slows down, is a great time to pick up a good book.

  8. Why 'In the Whale' documentary on Provincetown diver ... - AOL

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    'In the Whale,' the story of Provincetown lobster diver Michael Packard's life and his 30 seconds in a humpback's mouth, continues to sell out shows.

  9. James Bartley - Wikipedia

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    The story, as reported, is that during a whaling expedition off the Falkland Islands, Bartley's boat was attacked by the whale and he landed inside the whale's mouth.He survived the ordeal and was carved out of the stomach by his peers when they, not knowing he was inside, caught and began skinning the whale, because the hot weather otherwise would have rotted the whale meat.