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    Why does Michelangelo's Moses have horns?

    Question #86030. Asked by loominitsa. (Sep 18 07 1:45 PM)


    stuthehistoryguy

    		Because St. Jerome translated the Hebrew term that probably means "ray of light" as "horn" when compiling his Latin Vulgate Bible, which was still the standard edition for Latin Christians in Michelangelo's time. Michelangelo followed what was then the official Church line, and there you have it.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses#Horned_Moses

    Sep 18 07, 1:54 PM
    zbeckabee

    		"Michelangelo's Moses has horns because one of the biblical translations of "rays of light" became "horns" in Italian. Because of this mistranslation, depictions of Moses with horns has become somewhat commonplace."


    http://www.eyeconart.net/history/Renaissance/michelangelo.htm

    Sep 18 07, 2:13 PM

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