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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...early going, God responds to the Israelites' want with a string of gifts. When the waters at Marah are bitter, Moses throws in a piece of wood and they become magically sweet. A similar shortage at Meribah is solved when God directs Moses to strike a rock with his staff, and water pours forth. When food runs out in the wilderness, he promises to "rain down bread for you from the sky." Of all the biblical wonders, manna may admit to the most exact scientific explanation. (Its name is derived from the Israelites' reaction and may best be translated, "Whatta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search Of Moses | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...Mount Sinai was all in smoke, for the Lord had come down upon it in fire; the smoke rose like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled violently... As Moses spoke, God answered him in thunder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search Of Moses | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

...modern Torah commentary provides a map listing eight possible locations for Mount Sinai, two of which are not even in the Sinai peninsula. Wherever it was, however, God called to Moses from it, restating his ancient promise that Israel "shall be my treasured possession among all the peoples." Moses leads his followers to the foot of the mountain where God begins to speak to them. They tremble. "You speak to us and we will obey," they tell Moses,"but let not God speak to us, lest we die." God complies, Moses ascends and verbally receives what the ancient rabbis called...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search Of Moses | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

This is Israel's appalling nadir. Yet it sets up Moses' finest hour. Seeing the calf from afar, God makes Moses a chilling offer: "Now, let me be, that my anger may blaze forth against them and that I may destroy them, and make of you a great nation," an echo of the murderous deal extended to Noah at the Flood. Moses, however, will not have it. He argues that such a course would render empty God's grand statement in bringing his people out of Egypt; it would also violate the compact he made long ago with Abraham, Isaac...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search Of Moses | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

Rather than erase him, God rewards him. At Moses' request, God agrees to reveal himself to Moses. "But, you cannot see my face," he explains. But "see there is a place near me. Station yourself on the rock and, as my Presence passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and shield you with my hand." Moses will be able to see him from behind. It is not until later that Moses realizes the full consequence of this experience. Returning to his people, he notices that "they shrank from coming near him": his face has taken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search Of Moses | 12/14/1998 | See Source »

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