Moses with horns

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:10 PM -0400 3/28/10, Wilson Gray wrote:
>Acording to the story that I heard, the translators of the Septuagint
>misread the Hebrew word, _qrn_ "ray" for the word, _qrn_ "horn," both
>related to _QoReN_, the surname of my first Hebrew professor.
>
>To those who know what really happened, please note that I present an
>alternative *story* and not the *truth*.
>
>-Wilson

I've read the same account in a novel and now that i look for it I
see it showing up in various places on the web.  So it *must* be true!

One of my favorite debunking accounts begins eloquently,

"Not only did Moses not have horns but actually *no* Jews have horns
contrary to what the old anti-Semitic myth purports"
http://www.askmoses.com/en/article/662,2068869/Did-Moses-have-horns.html

Gee, and here I always thought that's why all Jews wear hats.

LH


>On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>  My wife just read an article to me that said there are thousands of picturr=
>>  es of Moses with horns on his head.  Even Michaelangelo did it.  The reason=
>>   is that in the 400's St Jerome misinterpreted the Bible which said that Mo=
>>  ses's face had glowing skin into his head had horns.  This was the new bibl=
>>  e=2C and thus Moses must have horns in the paintings. =20
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