New York: Ballantine Books. VG/VG Faint Wear To DJ. Pages Clean, Binding Tight. Pages: 415.. Date: 1998. 1st Printing. Hardcover.. 1998. Ballantine Books ISBN 0345412699 9780345412690 [US]

Ballantine Books 1998 Hard cover Ballantine. 1998. First. Softback. Book: Good. 9x6. 414pp.

New York: Ballantine Books, Date: 1998. First Edition. First Printing. very good, good. 24 cm, 415, map, some wear and soiling to DJ This portrait of one of the most dynamic figures of the Old Testament explores Moses' diverse roles as shepherd, warrior, spiritual leader, miracle worker, and lawgiver. 1998. Ballantine Books ISBN 0345412699 9780345412690 [US]

Ballantine Books, Date: 1998-10-13. Hardcover. Used:Good. 1998. Ballantine Books ISBN 0345412699 9780345412690 [US]

ISBN10: 0345412699, ISBN13: 9780345412690,
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ISBN10: 0345412699, ISBN13: 9780345412690, [publisher: Ballantine Books, New York] Hardcover First Edition Pictorial boards, 415 pages, map; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Review copy, with publisher's slip laid in. Stated First Edition. Glassine dust jacket toned, with light shelfwear. A near-fine copy of the first printing. The great Michelangelo sculpture of Moses graces the front board, visible through the semi-transparent glassine DJ. "Lawgiver and liberator. Seer and prophet. The only human permitted to converse with God "face-to-face." Moses is the most commanding presence in the Old Testament. Yet as Jonathan Kirsch shows in this brilliant, stunningly original volume, Moses was also an enigmatic and mysterious figure--at once a good shepherd and a ruthless warrior, a spiritual leader and a magician, a lawgiver who broke his own laws, God's chosen friend and hounded victim. Now, in Moses: A Life, Kirsch accomplishes the wondrous feat of revealing the real Moses, a strikingly modern figure who steps out from behind the facade of Sunday school lessons and movie matinees. Drawing on the biblical text and a treasury of both scholarship and storytelling, Kirsch examines all that is known and all that has been imagined of Moses. In these vivid pages, we see the marvels and mysteries of Moses's life in a new light--his rescue in infancy and adoption by an Egyptian princess; his reluctant assumption of the role of liberator; his struggles to ...
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ISBN10: 0345412699, ISBN13: 9780345412690, [publisher: Ballantine Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.] Hardcover First Edition Signed by author on title page in black fountain ink. Lawgiver and liberator. Seer and prophet. The only human permitted to converse with God "face-to-face." Moses is the most commanding presence in the Old Testament. Yet as Jonathan Kirsch shows in this brilliant, stunningly original volume, Moses was also an enigmatic and mysterious figure--at once a good shepherd and a ruthless warrior, a spiritual leader and a magician, a lawgiver who broke his own laws, God's chosen friend and hounded victim. Now, in MOSES : A Life, Kirsch accomplishes the wondrous feat of revealing the real Moses, a strikingly modern figure who steps out from behind the facade of Sunday school lessons and movie matinees. Drawing on the biblical text and a treasury of both scholarship and storytelling, Kirsch examines all that is known and all that has been imagined of Moses. In these vivid pages, we see the marvels and mysteries of Moses's life in a new light--his rescue in infancy and adoption by an Egyptian princess; his reluctant assumption of the role of liberator; his struggles to wrest his people from the pharaoh's dominion; his desperate vigil on Mount Sinai. Here too is the darker, more ominous Moses--the sorcerer, the husband of a pagan woman, the military commander who cold-bloodedly ordered the slaying of innocent people; the beloved ...

Ballantine Books 1998-10-13 Hardcover New Size: 104x24x156; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Ballantine Books, Date: 1998-10-13. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1998. Ballantine Books ISBN 0345412699 9780345412690 [US]

ISBN10: 0345412699, ISBN13: 9780345412690, [publisher: Ballantine Books] Hardcover New
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