OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Exodus 3–4 reveals God’s personal call to Moses, the mystery of the divine name, and the mission that ...

This is Italian artist Domenico “Domenichino” Zampieri’s depiction of Moses talking to God in the Burning Bush and being assigned to lead the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. Zampieri lived from ...

During the Biblical time of Moses, God used a burning bush to get his attention, however being in flames it was not being consumed, then he drew nearer in amazement. Having his attention God spoke to ...

At this time of year, in the synagogue, we Jews are reading the initial part of the Book of Exodus, hearing of the early life of our leader Moses. In Exodus 3, in a famous passage, Moses is called by ...

We continue our study of the life of the man Moses with a unique meeting between God and Moses in the barren desert of Midian. Moses had spent 40 years taking care of his father-in-law Jethro’s sheep ...

Why, out of all places, did God reveal himself to Moses through the sneh (burning bush)? (Exodus 3:2). One possibility is that the experience seems to be a microcosm of revelation. Note the similarity ...

Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. Leading the flock across the desert, he came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There an angel of the LORD appeared to him in ...

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During a recent visit to Jerusalem, a woman in her 80s explained to me how she came to live in Israel. Her father was at Auschwitz when it was liberated. He lay on top of a pile of corpses, unable to ...

Charlton Heston wax sculpture at Madam Tussaud Hollywood. Thank You (21 Millions+)/Flickr/Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) thus ending his disturbed identity ...