Moses with horns (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Tom Zurinskas]

Sounds like he ran into a bunch of art historians from 1000 years ago.  Again, Moses with horns and jews with horns - all news to me.


Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL7+ 
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> > I suppose you think that by looking at your head that they were
> looking for
> > horns. Which means that you knew such a myth existed back then that
> > all Jews have horns not just Moses. Which means you thought they and
> > maybe everybody had heard the myth too and they proved it by looking
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> > head because you made a note of it back then.
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> > This is very strange because I've never heard of a horned Moses or
> > horned jews
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> > Tom Zurinskas
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> It's not that strange to anyone who paid attention in art history class:
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> http://www.usm.maine.edu/~rabrams/michelangeloMoses.jpg
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> http://smarthistory.org/assets/images/New_Images/michelangelo_moses1.jpg
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