Relief of Osiris from the Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt. According to Egyptian mythology, Egypt’s first king Osiris sailed around the world spreading knowledge, exactly like the Feathered Serpent ...

The Lawgiver MOSES (505 pp.)—Sholem Asch—Putnam ($3.75). As a boy in Kutno, Poland, Sholem Asch used to pester his mother with the question: “Why has God divided mankind into Jew and Gentile?” With a ...

The Story of the Exodus or freedom of Hebrews from Egypt is told from a perspective that highlights Moses' efforts to persuade first the stubborn Pharaoh Merneptah, who was his adopted cousin, to ...

“The president could have nominated Moses the Lawgiver,” Leahy said. “In fact, I told the president, I said, ‘You realize if you had nominated Moses the Lawgiver, somebody would raise, ‘But he doesn’t ...

A great deal has changed in scripture interpretation since the high days of modernism. Interpreters no longer seek original intent of the text in the fashion of the late Supreme Court justice Antonin ...

At the age of 97, bestselling author Herman Wouk has written a novel that's told by the most contemporary storytelling technology, including... 'The Lawgiver': Telling Moses' Story, Differently SCOTT ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

In signing a new state law mandating the posting of the Ten Commandments in all public-school classrooms, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry referred to Moses as the “original lawgiver.” Though there is no ...