Horns of Moses
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title:
Horns of Moses
text:
The Horns of Moses are an iconographic convention common in Latin Christianity whereby Moses was presented as having two horns on his head, later replaced by rays of light. The idea comes from a translation, or mis-translation, of a Hebrew term in Jerome's Latin Vulgate Bible, and many later vernacular translations dependent on that. Moses is said to be "horned", or radiant, or glorified, after he sees God who presents him with the tablets of the law in the Book of Exodus. The use of the term "h
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Iconographic convention
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horns_of_Moses
date created:
2024-03-21T18:24:06Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T03:50:19Z
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