Moses with horns

[Mark Mandel]

I spent the summer of 1965 participating in a project run by the Ethical
Culture Society, working in Appalachian coal country (Corbin, Ky.) with a
group called the Poor People's Corporation. I was advised not to mention
that I was Jewish. And when it did come up, I did in fact see some people
glancing covertly at my hairline.

Mark A. Mandel

On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

> 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
>

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