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Jehovah

A satirical personification of God or a tailor.

minor

Also known as Jehovah The Tailor

First appearance: Religious Instruction

Jehovah's tie to Exodus is one of the pressures that moves Poetry—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Implied in 'Christ capitalised' and 'the image of God,' reflecting the theme of divine and bodily entanglement.

In the storyJoyce's UlyssesOpen this moment free

Jehovah first appears in 0093 religious instruction.

With Exodus (psychological): Exodus and Jehovah have a complex, possibly obsessive relationship, with Jehovah exerting psychological influence. With Ova (psychological): Jehovah and Ova have a tense, possibly manipulative dynamic, with Jehovah exerting control or obsession.

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Exodus
psychological · negative
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Ova
psychological · negative

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Jehovah appears across 7 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

Joyce's Ulysses
Implied in 'Christ capitalised' and 'the image of God,' reflecting the theme of divine and bodily entanglement.
The Starry Sky of Wyndham Lewis
Referenced as 'Jehovah's seven days' in the cosmic imagery.
Exodus
Referenced as 'Jehovah's tailor' and 'the God of the Jews' in relation to Exodus's heritage.
English Rose
Mentioned as striking Exodus through the fetish of island hedges and roaring a judgment about reading material, symbolizing divine or cultural authority.
Ada Gives Birth to Ova
Referenced as 'the old Jehovah' whose gender and computations are thorned with the rose of the mystic absolute, part of the composite Anglo-Israelite identity.
Religious Instruction
Cited as the 'exemplar par excellence of megalomania' and associated with the Old Testament's 'butcherly chastisement' to coerce humanity into accepting an abstract idea.
The Social Status of Exodus
Mentioned as 'Jehovah The Tailor,' a figure surpassed by another greater tailor whose seams he is unworthy to unloose.

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