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“All things are subject
to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at that time is a function
of power and not truth” – F. W.
Nietzsche.
It is very common to see that when a
division bench in a court of law hears a case, none of the judges will deliver
the same verdict. Likewise when a literary work of the past or to that matter,
any literary work is reviewed by several scholars, none of their
interpretations will end on the same note.
When author Jonathan Swift’s 1726 novel,
“Gulliver’s Travels” was studied by
author Isaac Asimov in 1980, he opined that decoding the ‘mysterious’ phrases
used by Swift in his novel was a mere waste of time. When the same novel was
studied in 2015 by Professor Irving Rothman, he is perceived to have decrypted the
phrases used by Swift in his novel. Professor explains that the words such as “Borach Mivola”, “Hnea Yahoo” and others are wilful distortions of the Israeli
language, Hebrew.
The English word “Ok” is spelt “Okay” and also as “Okie”
and “Okies” (all words mean the same)
in online/sms lingo. Likewise, Professor Irving Rothman has propounded that the
words used by Jonathan Swift like “Mivola”,
“Yahoo” and “Hnea” are deliberately twisted versions of the original Hebrew words,
“Mivolim”, “YHVH”and “Ayn”
respectively.
Professor Irving Rothman may or may
not be correct in his study but reviews are intended to be read and not to be
taken for granted until and unless supported by evidences because
interpretations are always subject to change according to time as Nietzsche
rightly said.
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