91373. Michael Angelo gave Moses horns 

 because he read In his Latin Bible, in 

 Exodus xxxlv., 39, "Ignorabat quod cornuta 

 esset fades sua," where the King James' 

 rsion -has "wist not that the skin of his 

 face shone." The Hebrew word which is 

 rendered (rightly) "shone" is derived from 

 the Hebrew word for "horn," which came 

 be used for "Hashes of light." The Latin 

 ersion, with its "oornuta," and the use of 

 ■orns as symbols of power, together led to 

 . habit of representing Moses with hotns 

 springing from his forehead. L. W. 



! In the statement found in Exodus xxxlv.: 

 29-3(T, that when Moses came down from 

 tlie Mount "The skin of his face shone," 

 the Hebrew word rendered "shone" signifies 

 to send forth, to emit. Our translators 

 considered it to mean sending forth rays of 

 light, and hence their rendering "shone." 

 The Latin Vulgate, however, influenced 

 doubtless by the fact that the Hebrew word 

 for horn is derived from this verb, strangely 

 rendered it "was horned." Sculptors and 

 I painters who wfere guided toy the Vjjlgate, 

 conseojuently represented Moses as having 

 liorns. It may be added that the Septua- 

 it version (Greek) renders it "was made 

 glorious," and with this agrees St. Paul's 

 reference to the same event in 2 Corin- 

 thians: 3-T, when he speaks of the "glory" 

 of the countenance of Moses. 



F. D. B. 



In Exodus 34: 29, .<?0, ,3.5, where it is said 

 of Moses that the skin of his face shone. 



I*s de1rv'ed''Cm''';h"^"'»« "^^"'^ ^^''«'" 

 The Plural o?^hL '"^'^"'"^ """^n-" 



kuk 3-4 Win, ^ "^^<^ Habak- 



Now in the n ^''"'""t ^^^^^ °' "rays." 



BihT^ h passage from Exodus the Latin 

 ' de«d ^n thr;^'^' <=°'-""t^™. Which is renl 

 It was evHentfv°"'".r"'°" "horned." 



then, 'tha 'mi Lei ^LZ^'T' r"<^--'»^. 

 linn T„ ™'C"ael Angeio based his no- 



ine someti^'"''"''"^"'^ Pict^e^ 



he'^ of hi,^"/"° '^o™-'' on the 



cause m= of Moses, be- 



thlng before "InTV^ ''""^ ^^'"^ 



:^u^nt-FH-^^^^ 



marginal note savs- "<5r> hi. , ^ 

 to the bfth^iiit, , "^'^ a-PPeared 



I.U uie beholders by reason of the elister 



Bibles, so far a« 7„ 



And IchS?' ?^ ■'^'^ ^"^^^ with hit" 

 .StrLbur^T published at 



oirasDuri?, lo96, translated from fav, 



Willie ho was spili'nl!" '^'^ '^'^^ '^"-o 



TOin t,,'"","; a«<»-'«. .1.. i«ini.h S' 



».''". tor?™ ■»" "W"- «' 



