Search Results: Moses

Moses (c. 1400 BCE) is considered one of the most important religious leaders in world history. He is claimed by the religions of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Bahai as an important prophet of God and the founder of monotheistic belief...

New Testament studies now place Jesus Christ within the parameters of Second Temple Judaism in the 1st century CE, attempting to go behind the layers of later Christian theology and philosophy (such as the trinity) to understand how his message...

A 19th century CE painting by John Martin depicting the great storm which was the seventh plague of Egypt in the Moses story. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

The oil painting Moses Drawing Water from the Rock by the Italian Renaissance artist Tintoretto (c. 1518-1594 CE). c. 1577 CE. (Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice)

A 19th century CE oil painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme depicting Moses receiving the Ten Commandments from God on Mt. Sinai.

A c. 1900 CE oil painting by Gebhard Fugel depicting Moses receiving the Ten Commandments from God on Mt. Sinai.

According to the Bible, Nehushtan was a metal serpent mounted on a staff that Moses had made, by God’s command, to cure the Israelites of snake bites while wandering in the desert.  Detail of a window in St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.

A 1907 CE Bible card depicting Moses and the parting of the Red Sea.

A 1900 CE Bible card illustrating the baby Moses found by the pharaoh's daughter.

Detail from the west window of Bath Abbey showing Moses receiving the tablets of the Commandments from the hand of God.