you've got tashdego, the noble savage. or the native american who is respectable and refined. we have the mysterious oriental vanilla. we have ishmael. this is a picture of ishmael indie hebrew bible or the new testament. i don't think that is what ishmael looks like. he was gently over -- older. his anyone member who ishmael was from the bible? where what muslims call their koran? >> son of abraham. >> yes and who was his mother? >> [indiscernible] >> the first son is ishmael, but then sarah gets jealous and so she makes abraham, takes them out of the -- takes them out of the house -- kicks them out of the house. we have the beginnings of a new religious project three as many years later, mohammed would come to identify himself and his followers as an line with ishmael. so ishmael is one of the fathers of islam. all the religions that go back to abraham, judaism, christianity, and then islam. they all have the same origin. they are all genetically linked, but they all have different paths. i think it is not insignificant that ishmael is called ishmael, he is obviously alertin

you've got tashdego, the noble savage. or the native american who is respectable and refined. we have the mysterious oriental . we have ishmael. this is a picture of ishmael from the hebrew bible or the new testament. i don't think that is what melville's ishmael looks like. he was definitely older. does anyone member who ishmael was from the bible? or what the christians call the old testament, or what muslims call their koran? >> son of abraham. >> and who was his mother? >> [no audio] >> that was isaac's mother. hagar was the handmaiden, sarah wanted a child, and hagar got pregnant. the first son is ishmael, but then sarah gets jealous and so she makes abraham kick them out of the house. there we get the separation of the tribes. he and his mother go off into the desert. newave the beginnings of a religious trajectory. as many, many, many years later mohammed would come to identify , himself and his followers as an line with ishmael. so ishmael is one of the fathers of islam. all the religions that go back to abraham, judaism, christianity, and then islam. they all have the