Moses, Man of the Mountain | 
For my Master‘s Thesis I‘m working on an old theater play about Moses. I will finish it soon; so today I‘m trying to finish big parts of transcribing the play, this time with the original writing (usually I work with a Scan). It is so very special to handle a handwritten book from 1723, I‘m so happy I get the chance to do this😍😍
pickI loved this as a novel. As biblical interpretation (I‘m a Hebrew Bible professor), I have reservations. Hurston gives Moses such power that it‘s debatable whether the God on Sinai is even real, or whether Moses himself is God. Also, I couldn‘t hate the characterizations of Miriam & Aaron more. But as storycraft, the book is wonderful & full of wisdom. The parallel of the Black experience in America with Israel is Ruch & thought-provoking.
Seems like folks in the White House and Congress could stand a refresher on some of Ms. Hurston‘s excellent advice on how to be a leader.
“Well, the present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.”
...Just think on the richness of that metaphor for a while.
“One thought can put thousands to knowing, but knowing one thing don‘t put many to thinking. “
~ Zora Neale Hurston
Ever since I read her essay on her run in with a real zombie, I knew I needed to read more from her. It‘s not her most famous book but I am liking it!
