The world of the Egyptians was filled with signs, omens, and portents. They saw spiritual significance in almost everything. One of the major challenges I faced, one that caused me the biggest intitial problem, was how to have Moses’ arrival on the scene coincide with the necessary expectations of the Egyptian priests and even Pharaoh…
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Moses Mondays
Moses Mondays: Letting Egyptians Be Egyptians
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One of the main problems I have faced in writing this story has been the challenge of letting the Egyptians be real Egyptians and not straw men to play off of. I have wanted my Egyptians to believe in their gods, their priests to be true followers of the religion of Egypt, their people to…
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Moses Mondays: The Hebrews
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I believe Moses came from an exceptional family. After all, we have his sister Miriam and his brother Aaron, who becomes Israel’s first priest. However, as you could see from chapter two, his mother was no slouch. In some ways I sought to make Jochebed the prototypical Jewish mother, strong, resolute, with her children driving…
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Moses Mondays: The Living Waters
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There are several pivital moments in the life of Moses. One, that sets the stage for all that follows, is his discovery by the daughter/sister of Pharoah and his subsequent adoption. This event is a nexus point for everyones’ lives and no one will be the same afterwards, from the most high personage on the…
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Moses Mondays: A Day Late But Not A Dollar Short
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I was overwhelmed with a last minute indexing job that I didn’t finish until until 4 p.m. yesterday. I had not slept since 5 a.m. Sunday and on Wednesday – Saturday night I averaged about 4 hours sleep. I just crashed yesterday afternoon and got out of the loveseat, where I had cocooned, at 8:30…
Moses Mondays, Religion
Moses Mondays: How It All Started
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It wasn’t just the fact that Moses is a seminal character in the history of the people of God that drew me to him. I was also disturbed that the popular view of Moses was radically distorted, especially his time in Egypt. Due to Cecil B. DeMill’s The Ten Commandments, most people think of him…
Moses Mondays, Religion
Moses Mondays: The Great American Novel
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I was nineteen, working in the Steak ‘N Shake drive-in in Daytona Beach, and chatting with a customer and his girlfriend. He asked me what I wanted to do with my life. “I want to write the great American novel,” I blithly replied. Now thirty-eight years later I would be happy to finish one novel.…