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Re: jewish origin of J.V. (SECOND TRY)

From: K+K <simplex~at~otenet.gr>
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 1998 22:15:51 +0200
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

Navarrete-Plana wrote:

Indeed, I've read this story about JV being jew, but I think that the
problem here is of a different kind and far much easy.

I can't enter the URL that Ms Spiliopoulou gives to us in her message, but
I'm quite sure that there is only a misprint and that "sefaring" should be
written "seafaring", which according to my knowledge of Verne's biography
is more or less true.

Chairetismata, Miguel A. Navarrete

 
Mr or Ms (?) Navarette-Plana had the kindness to answer a part of my question about the presumed sefaring tradition of J.V`s family. It`s very propable that he offers the right explanation. I had given the right U.R.L in which i have seen this information, in my message in the forum " Jewish origin of J.V.(SECOND TRY)".
First`s message U.R.L. had a mistake.

So even if the "sefaring" is the seafaring tradition of his family, do you know if J.V. was interesting in jewish or oriental philosophy in general? Does anybody who has an access in the books J.V.had  read or the notes he kept, noticed something relevant? I am mainly interested of the eventual use of such sources  in" Tour du monde in 80 jours.
What about Marc Soriano`s reference in J.V antisemitism?
 
Pleasantly surprised by " chairetismata"!
Efharisto kai antapodido."Omileite tin Ellinikin"?

K+K wrote:

  In the Internet page : "The life and work of J. V." by Prasard Philips (I think), with the following adress: "http://avery.med.virginia.edu/~mtp0f/flips/history.html" i saw this information:

"Jules Gabriel Verne was born in 1828, in Nantes, France. Jule`s parents were of a sefaring tradition, one factor which influenced his writings."

Does anybody of you has an idea about both of the presumed facts? The sefaring tradition of his family and the relevant influence in his writing?

I have no such a reference in any other J.V`s biography.
I only have an indirect reference, in Archives no161, of a Marc Soriano`s article in L`Arc[Aix-en Provece] no 29, 1966 who seems to believe that we ought to adapt J.V.`s books, if we adress them to children, for many reasons and among them his antisemitism(?)

Tell me if you know better because i haven`t read the article myself and perhaps i misunderstood the summary.

Thanks a lot

Spiliopoulou Constantina.

Received on Sat 07 Mar 1998 - 22:15:56 IST

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