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A Biblical Novena to St. Moses The memorial of St. Moses is Sept. 4. This great Old Testament saint offers plenty to ponder, contemplate, and study within the pages of scripture.
THE LAWGIVER By Herman Wouk Simon & Schuster, $25.99, 234 pages When Herman Wouk was 94 years old in 2009, he decided to “have a go at another novel, if only to pass the time” while his ...
The Lawgiver MOSES (505 pp.)—Sholem Asch—Putnam ($3.75).As a boy in Kutno, Poland, Sholem Asch used to pester his mother with the question: "Why has God divided mankind into Jew and ...
According to the Bible, Moses was 120 years old when he died within sight of the promised land. Novelist Herman Wouk is a mere 97. For decades, he has struggled with what he calls "a ghost of an ...
Clearly, "The Lawgiver" has unleashed Wouk's inner metafictionalist as well as a parodist of considerable virtue, which is to say viciousness, as he chronicles the battle to get this film on track.
The Getty Center's upcoming exhibition "Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai" (Nov. 14-March 4) provides a great opportunity to ponder these religious confluences, while also coming ...
Other than Jesus, “there is no personality which stands out so prominently as that of Moses, the liberator and lawgiver of his race,” Film Index declared in 1909, giving a thumbs-up to the ...
Move Over Moses and Zoroaster: Manhattan Has a New Female Lawgiver The artist Shahzia Sikander calls the eight-foot sculpture she has placed atop a New York courthouse an urgent form of ...
In the U.S. Supreme Court building (designed by Minnesota native Cass Gilbert, by the way), there's an image of Moses holding the Ten Commandments. I've heard that fact, over the years, but never ...
The biblical narrative of Moses spans the first five books of the Old Testament, describing the larger-than-life liberator, leader and lawgiver of the Israelites and establishing him as a revered ...
Visit the TV show page for 'Moses the Lawgiver' on Moviefone. Discover the show's synopsis, cast details, and season information. Watch trailers, exclusive interviews, and episode reviews.
Sen. Pat Leahy, D-Vt., said today that even if Obama had selected Moses for the Supreme Court, Republicans would find a reason to oppose the nomination. “The president could have nominated Moses ...
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