medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 23/09/2013 18:33, Darrelyn Gunzburg wrote:
>
> Medieval images of Moses were depicted more often than not with Moses
> wearing horns. This was said to have derived from an incorrect
> translation of the Hebrew Masoretic text to describe Moses' face as he
> descended from Mt Sinai with the tablets of the Law (Exodus 35). The
> Hebrew Masoretic text contains the word 'keren' ('shining'), and was
> said to have been translated as 'cornutum' (horned) in the Latin vulgate
> by Jerome.
It's Exodus 34. It's not immediately obvious that it *is* an incorrect
translation - the three instances in Exodus 34 are the only ones where
the word is taken to be "shining" rather than some variation on "horned"
(except for the name Kerenhappuch - whatever *that* means.) So the
translation now agreed for the root is "to shoot out horns;
figuratively, rays."
John Briggs
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