Exodus 34:29-35
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Shemot 34: Massoretic, Hebrew, Aramaic, JPS.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Navigating the Bible: Text/Rabbinic commentary and Divrei Torah.
- VI.12, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Chapter LV, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Tertullian (c. 211)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "Fear and unbelief would put the vail before us, they would hinder our free approach to the mercy-seat above. We should spread our wants, temporal and spiritual, fully before our heavenly Father; we should tell him our hinderances, struggles, trails, and temptations; we should acknowledge our offences."
- From
Wesley's
Notes.
- "This was a great honour done to Moses, that the people might never again question his mission, or think or speak slightly of him. He carried his credentials in his very countenance, some think as long as he lived, he retained some remainders of this glory, which perhaps contributed to the vigour of his old age; that eye could not wax dim which had seen God, nor that face wrinkle which had shone with his glory."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "He bore his credentials on his very face; and whether this extraordinary effulgence was a permanent or merely temporary distinction, it cannot be doubted that this reflected glory was given him as an honor before all the people."
- Contemporary References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
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Exodus 34:29-35, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure,
Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting
Church in Australia.
- "The Lukan reading picks up the story of the transfiguration story of Jesus and as Moses was the mediator in the past, it is now Jesus who brings the revelation of God. Both Moses and Elijah are present and speak with him as his face becomes radiant from being in the presence of God."
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Exodus 34:29-35,
The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "The transfiguration of Moses suggests that people cannot come away from an encounter with God without being in some way profoundly altered."
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Last Sunday of Epiphany, Year C: Exodus 34:29-35, Biblische
Ausbildung, Dr. Stephen L. Cook, Virginia Theological Seminary.
- "Our lives are full with commitments and activities and pleasurable leisure opportunities. This passage reminds us, however, that life's real thrills for which our souls truly long have their one true source in the spiritual sun of God's glory."
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- Exodus 34:29-35, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series C, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
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"Shiny Faces," Melissa Bane Sevier, Contemplative Viewfinder,
2010.
- "When you?ve spent time with God, you reflect God?s joy, God?s pain, the glow of the search for an answer or the ability to live with the questions, the clarity of God?s presence or the luminous desire for that presence."
- Parshah Ki Tisa, text, commentary, stories, sermons & articles from Chassidic Masters and others, from Chabad Lubavitch.
- Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion, Exodus 34:29-35, Wesley White. "A place of conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
- Parshas Ki Sisa, Divrei Torah from The Project Genesis Torah Study. Index to numerous Orthodox articles and studies on 30:11 - 34:35.
- Parshat Ki Tissa, articles and commentary by the Jewish Community of Atlanta, at The Torah From Dixie.
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Exodus 34:29-35, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure,
Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting
Church in Australia.
- Articles & Background:
- "Sunshiny
Faces," by Prof.
Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary.
- "Religious inspiration must also be a continual dialogue and struggle between the Creator and his creatures. When that current is interrupted, or even if it fails to return to its source, then the energy has no use, and we find ourselves donning our figurative veils."
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"Dancing
and Shining at Sinai: Playing the Man in Exodus 32-34," David
J. A. Clines,
University of Sheffield.
- "The fact that Moses' face remains shining even when he is not gazing upon the light that is God's presence suggests that it is an internal light. Either way, the key question is, Does a shining face improve your appearance? If it does, we are in the realm of beauty."
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"Small Lexemes, Large
Semantics: Prepositions and Theology in the Golden Calf Episode (Exodus
32-34)," D. Timmer, Biblica, 2007.
- "The various prepositions and statements regarding divine presence in Exod 32?34 are fundamental to the development and integrity of the narrative as its stands. Further, the fact that this complex progression in divine presence spans pericopae usually attributed to various sources suggests that the various pericopae are more in harmony with one another than is often recognized."
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"Images at Work vs. Words at Play: Michelangelo's Art and the Artistry of
the Hebrew Bible," Richard S. Ellis, Judaism, 2002.
- "Many commentators have pointed out that Michelangelo's conception of the two-homed Moses was based on a mistranslation of Exodus 34:29 in Jerome's Vulgate, the authorized text used by the Church."
- "Sunshiny
Faces," by Prof.
Eliezer Segal, University of Calgary.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Britt, Brian,
"Prophetic Concealment in a Biblical Type Scene," Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Dozeman, Thomas B.,
"Masking Moses and Mosaic Authority in Torah," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Morgenstern, Julian,
"Moses with the Shining Face," Hebrew Union College Annual, 1925.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Propp, William H.,
"The Skin of Moses' Face--Transfigured or Disfigured?" The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 1987.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Sanders Seth L.,
"Old Light on Moses' Shining Face," Vetus Testamentum, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Taylor, Barbara Brown,
"Surprised by Joy," The Living Pulpit, 1996.
(see
Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Willimon, William H.,
"Come on Down," The Christian Century, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wray, Judith Hoch,
"Preaching Joy," The Living Pulpit, 1996.
(see
Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Britt, Brian,
"Prophetic Concealment in a Biblical Type Scene," Catholic Biblical
Quarterly, 2002.
- Reviews:
- Review: Karla R. Suomala, Moses and God in Dialogue: Exodus 32-34 in Postbiblical Literature. Lang, 2004. Review by Thomas B. Dozeman in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Review: Michael Widmer, Moses, God, and the Dynamics of Intercessory Prayer: A Study of Exodus 32-34 and Numbers 13-14. Mohr Siebeck, 2004. Review by Christopher Heard, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005.
- Sermons:
- With Children:
-
"Wandering in
the Wilderness,"
"The
Tabernacle," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons),
coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "Moses' Face Shines with the Light of the Lord," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- "Moses Talks with God," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
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"Crossword on Moses in Exodus,"
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"Wandering in
the Wilderness,"
"The
Tabernacle," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons),
coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
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