Gregory Peck as Ahab in Moby Dick, 1956. (Ernst Haas / Getty Images) Over the past two decades, Pierre Senges has emerged as one of France’s most important and celebrated writers. At the age of 54, ...

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The professor continues this week with his series of articles on Great Villains of the Bible. Previously we have discussed Judas and Caiaphas. This week: evil King Ahab and his provocative wife, ...

"Captain Ahab" vividly imagines the formative years of Captain Ahab. Ahab’s gruff woodsman father (Jean-Francois Stevenin) narrates the first chapter, starting from his wife’s death in childbirth, ...

MOBY-DICK is not only a very big book; it is also a peculiarly full and rich one, and from the very opening it conveys a sense of abundance, of high creative power, that exhilarates and enlarges the ...

Ray Stevens' novelty song 'Ahab the Arab' may have received some bad reviews for political correctness, but the singer says that there was no malicious intent involved in creating the tune. When asked ...

Captain Ahab, who led the ill-fated quest for Melville's great white whale, Moby-Dick, may have been misunderstood. Today, it appears he has much... Was Captain Ahab Ahead of His Time? Is it possible?

The strangest thing about freedom in America is not how invisible it is to a foreigner or how cherished it is by those who live there but how frequently it’s portrayed as being under threat. Unlike ...

In the Hebrew Bible, the story of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel is more than a cautionary tale. It is a piercing examination of how power, when unchecked by conscience, can rot the moral foundation of a ...

There's much to like in the sweeping tale of how a resourceful orphan grew up to become the fearless harpoonist and seeker of the great white whale. By Ray Bennett, The Associated Press Locarno ...