Michelangelo’s Moses has more in common with C.S. Lewis’s Mr. Tumnus than the casual viewer might expect—namely, a couple of ...
The book was the Codex Sassoon, the world’s oldest nearly-complete copy of the Hebrew Bible, and Moses had purchased it on behalf of the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. That morning ...
However, biblical lore indicates that Moses did not allow his people to enter ... but they played an important role in the establishment of the Hebrew state in Canaan. Their status as descendants ...
Not only does Deuteronomy end with an account of Moses' death ... Life of Biblical Texts. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1990). Leiman, Sid. The Canonization of Hebrew Scripture.
When Moses resists the Divine call, he expresses a heartfelt and deep humility that serves as a model for all of us.
The Qur’an contains 99 Arabic names (attributes or character traits) for the multifaceted essence of the one God, but not one of them connects the one God with one people, while one of the dozens of ...
“For the ancient rabbis who were faithful to ... he tells Serach the name as revealed to him, and the Hebrew people recognize Moses’s significance as their leader. “I was surprised that ...