Friday, July 31, 2009

Are there any artistic depictions of Moses from prior to the twentieth century that depict him without horns?

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www.grahamphillips.net/Ark/Ark_2_files...


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www.logoi.com/pastimages/img/moses_2.j...


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Are there any artistic depictions of Moses from prior to the twentieth century that depict him without horns?
There are some that do not clearly show horns but in most of those he is wearing a hat or part of his head is in some way obscured. This is the earliest I've seen where it is sure that he has none. Click on the top picture and he's on the left part.


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Reply:yep in the Louvre.
Reply:I don't know, but what I know is this: Moses had no horns, but there was a translation mistake of the scriptures at some point, and another word was translated as horns, because it was similar in the original text. So due to a misunderstanding, Moses was then depicted with horns.



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