HAMLET’S BIBLE / Dinner-discussion:

I will be speaking at a Tues., Jan. 29 dinner at Vanderbilt University about biblical allusions & plot echoes in Shakespeare’s Hamlet (my book project).

Rev. Gretchen Person, Associate Chaplain & Associate Dir. of Religious Life at Vanderbilt, was key in arranging this (many thanks!).

The poster for the event includes the following images from Renaissance & medieval art (L-R) (see notes below the pic):



Top:
1. The prophet Nathan catching the conscience of King David (with a story about a shepherd boy)
2. Hamlet & Horatio, graveyard (two Danes on road to Elsinore—like disciples to Emmaus)
3. Suzannah & corrupt (eavesdropping) elders/judges, from the Book of Daniel (Apocrypha)

Middle:
4. Jonah, spit out by fish (Hamlet's pirate ship)
5. Shakespeare & title page of Geneva Bible
6. Jonah thrown from boat (fish about to swallow)

Bottom:
7. Salome & head of John the Baptist
8. Francis of Assisi, renouncing worldly things & earthly father
9. Detail: Lazarus & the rich man

These are among biblical tales I’ll talk about (plus a few others); I've touched on these in past posts.

I’m grateful to @Pino Blasone for feedback on Nathan/David images.



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[Originally posted around the week of 12/31/18
on LinkedIn]
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Links to a description of my book project:
On LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/eJGBtqV
On this blog: https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2017/05/hamlets-bible-my-book-project-im.html
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