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Show Horns of Moses Traced to Medieval Painters meaning "rays of light darting out," while the word for horn .is qeren, and it is believed that the first translators of the Bible into Latin confused the words, thus giving currency to the horn tradition. It was the custom of medieval artists art-ists to depict Moses with horns. The colossal figure in the church of St. Pietro in Yincoli at Rome, regarded as Michelangelo's masterpiece, shows the Israelite leader with horns. It is described as a representation of the wrath of Moses when he came down from Mount Sinai, and found his people peo-ple worshiping the golden calf. It has been explained that the horns were used to give an effect of strength, and this is supported by the fact that horn is frequently used in the Bible to mean strength. Bible scholars believe, however, that the mistake arose from a wrong translation" of Exodus 34: 20, ?,0, where it is stated that "the skin of his face shone." In Hebrew, He-brew, the word for this is qaran, |
