Moses: A Life (1998 Kirsch), non-fiction

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Moses: A Life (1998) is a book by Jonathan Kirsch.

Abstract

"Examines biblical text, scholarship, and storytelling to present a portrait of Moses, the only human, according to the Bible, ever to have a face-to-face conversation with God."--Publisher description

Editions and translations

Published in New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1998.

Contents

The Moses no one knows -- Born at the right time -- A Prince of Egypt -- The fugitive -- The man God befriended, the man he sought to kill -- Signs and wonders -- Exodus -- The sorcerer and the sorcerer's apprentice -- God of the mountain, God of the way -- Man of war -- "Moses is dead" -- The search for the historical Moses.

External links

  • [ Google Books]