Category:Moses (subject)

According to Jewish (Christian, and Islamic) traditions, Moses was the prophet and religious leader who led the people of Israel out of Egypt and to whom God revealed the Torah on Mount Sinai.

< Life of Moses : Childhood of Moses -- Exodus from Egypt -- Serpent of Bronze --Transfiguration of Jesus >

< Fiction : Moses (art) -- Moses (literature) -- Moses (music) -- Moses (cinema) >

< Related characters : Aaron, Miriam, Zipporah, Joshua >

• This page is edited by Gabriele Boccaccini, University of Michigan.

• Moses / Daniel K. Falk / In: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), dictionary, 967-970

• Moses / [[]] / In: The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992 Freedman), dictionary,

External links

• Wikipedia
• Christian Iconography

The iconographic changes in the representation of Moses in Christian art follow very closely those of Jesus of Nazareth. Moses also is at the beginning depicted as a beardless young man in a classical dalmatic and pallium. By the 10th century, he is now an old man with a beard, holding his rod. Some episodes of the life of Moses became particularly popular, notably, Child Moses, the Burning Bush, the Crossing of the Red Sea, the Fall of the Manna, the Water from the Rock, the Ten Commandments, the Brass Serpent and in the New Testament, the Transfiguration of Jesus.

The now "traditional" image of Moses was the one inherited by the first movies. Gradually however Moses has become young again in order to project the image of a strong and energetic leader.