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In my 2017 novel, The Five Books of Krinsky, the main character, the author and hopefully the reader travels through the weekly passages of the Bible or Parashiyot. Each chapter of the book is loosely connected to the Biblical passage and is followed by an evenlooser commentary.
(Trigger Warning several references to Bill Cosby)
40 Comments Relating to Noah
1. When Noah was five hundred years old he (and his wife) had three children.
2. The three kids: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
3. What ever happened to Mrs. Noah? I never found her in the research.
4. Methuselah, at age seven hundred and eighty two begot Lamech who as a youngster of one hundred and eighty two years begot Noah. Methuselah is Noah’s grandfather. Adam is Noah’s great, great grandfather.
5. "Methuselah lived 900 years, Methuselah lived 900 years, who calls that livin’ when no gal will give in to no man who’s 900 years."(“It ain’t necessarily So.” from Porgy and Bess, George and Ira Gershwin )
6: “It ain’t necessarily so,” is sung by Sportin' Life, whom Sammy Davis Jr. portrayed in the 1959 filmed version of the Opera. Sammy converted to Judaism in 1961.
7. Methuselah lived 969 years according to Genesis 5; 26. Sorry Gershwin's!
8. Substance abuse issues abound in the Noah story. And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard. And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. Genesis 9; 20-22
9. Ham is Noah’s son. Some say that Ham masturbated over his father, which is pretty disgusting. Others say he “sodomized” his father. And still others say that he fornicated with Noah’s wife, whom I think was not Ham’s mother.
10. In 2014, Darren Aronofsky directed the film, Noah. He also directed Pi in 1998. Did you see that picture? Black and white. Very artsty about Hassidic Jews and the stock market.
11. Noah, the film did the following numbers at the box office:
Domestic: $101,200,044
Foreign: $258,000.000
12. Russell Crowe played Noah. On Rotten Tomatoes, critics gave it a 76% positive rating but the audience only gave it 42%.
13. Flood narratives were popular amongst ancient peoples. The Sumerian flood story is told in broken tablets but the punch line is that the Creator decided to flood His creation. Like Gilgamesh. Like Noah.
16. Chinatown had 11 nominations in 1974, won for best screenplay and John Huston was not nominated for best supporting actor.
17. The nominees for best supporting actor were:
Fred Astaire - The Towering Inferno, as Claiborne
Jeff Bridges - Thunderbolt and Lightfoot as Lightfoot
Michale V. Gazzo - The Godfather Part II as Frankie
Lee Strasburg - The Godfather Part II as Hyman Roth
18. De Niro won for Godfather Part II. He deserved it. Astaire in Towering Inferno was fine. Nothing against the man. A dancing legend but it is ultimately a silly movie. Jeff Bridges...sentimental favorite, the people loved his father Lloyd. Michael V Gazzo superb as the mobster turned frightened snitch. Who remembers the entirety of Lee Strasberg’s speech about the business of being a gangster? You should look it up.
19. Here is the most resonant portion of the Hyman Roth's speech to Al Pacino as Michael Corleone (Roth is referring to the murder of Moe Green in The Godfather)
"And I said to myself, this is the business we’ve chosen. I didn’t ask who gave the order. Because it had nothing to do with business."
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Al Pacino, Godfather Part II
Jack Nicholson, Chinatown
Albert Finney, doughy, in Murder on the Orient Express
Albert Finney, doughy, in Murder on the Orient Express
Dustin Hoffman not funny in Lenny, so it didn’t ring true
The Oscar goes to Art Carney for Harry and Tonto. Go figure!
21. Huston also directed
22. The film did 33 million. Allowing for inflation, this would be about 180 million in 2014. About half the box office of Noah, the 2014 version.
23. In 1963, Bill Cosby’s first comedy record Bill Cosby Is a Very Funny Fellow...Right! recorded live at the Bitter End in Greenwich Villages includes “Noah.” His bit about God asking Noah to build an ark takes up three tracks of the album. It peaked at #18 on the Billboard Charts.
22. Here is Cosby’s version of God’s communication with Noah.
Noah!
Somebody call?
Whoompa, whoompa, whoompa
Noah!
Who is that?
It’s the Lord, Noah
Right!
Where are ya?
What you want? I’ve been good.
I want you to build an Ark
Right!
What’s an Ark?
23. Here is the Bible’s version:
And God said unto Noah: ‘The end of all flesh is come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; with rooms shalt thou make the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. Genesis, 6:13
24. I read the 2014 Cosby biography, Cosby: His Life and Times by Mark Whitaker.
It was assailed at the time for not pointing out the many sexual improprieties in the minds of some and felonies to others that Mr. Cosby participated in or perpetrated upon. It is very Noah-like somehow.
25. Noah was not Jewish. The Lord did, however, make a covenant with Noah and his offspring.
“And the (rain) bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. And God said unto Noah: ‘This is the token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is upon the earth.” Genesis; 9:17-18
26. The rabbis who interpret the Bible (and you know who you are) established 7 Noahide laws. Laws so basic that even the Gentiles should follow them and even the Congress of the United States.
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| Menachem Mendel Schneerson 1902-1994-???? |
“Whereas Congress recognizes the historical tradition of ethical values and principles which are the basis of civilized society and upon which our great Nation was founded; Whereas these ethical values and principles have been the bedrock of society from the dawn of civilization, when they were known as the Seven Noahide Laws. H.J.RES.104 -- To designate March 26, 1991, as ‘Education Day, U.S.A.’. (Enrolled Bill [Final as Passed Both House and Senate]
29. Robert Henry “Bob” Michel, Republican, the House Minority Leader 1981–1994 from the 18th district in Illinois which included his home town of Peoria introduced the bill. Incidentally, when the Republicans won control over Congress in 1994, Newt Gingrich became Speaker of the House stepping past Michel. Gingrich and his conservative cronies thought Michel was too chummy with the Democrats
30. Newt Gingrich loves zoos. He has visited over 100 zoos in the United States.
31. There were 225 co-sponsors of the H. J. RES 104 recognizing the Noahide laws as the bedrock of civilization. It passed by unanimous consent which means that there was no actual up and down vote on the law. President George H.W. Bush signed the bill into law on March 20, 1991.
32. I contend that after researching any Jewish topic on the internet, it takes between 3 or 4 searches to uncover an anti-Semitic or anti Zionist comment or slant to the issue. My research into H.J. RES 104 supports my theory.
Congressman Bill Dannemeyer, Orange County, California from 1979 to 1993 virulently opposed H. J. RES 104 and wrote among other things.
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| Bill Dannemeyer, 1929-2019, Homophobe and Anti-Semite |
38. The prohibition of eating flesh taken from an animal while it is still alive. (I totally support that one.)
39. The requirement of maintaining courts to provide legal recourse.
Nothing about killing Christians here.
40. Back to Cosby:
And I’m gonna burn down this Ark
And I’m going to Florida somewhere
‘Cause you haven’t done nothin’
I’m sick and tired of all this mess
You foolin’ around
And you haven’t done nothing!
And you got it rainin’
It’s not a shower is it?
Ok Lord, me and you right
‘Cause I knew it all the time
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