Episode 32 - The Horns of Moses
Why does one of the most iconic figures in the Bible—the lawgiver Moses—frequently appear in medieval and Renaissance art with a pair of horns? In this episode of Cogito Ergo Pod, Daniel unpicks a fascinating historical "optical illusion" that started with a single Hebrew word and ended with some of the most famous sculptures in the world.
We journey from the 4th-century translation rooms of St. Jerome to the Sistine Chapel, exploring how a possible mistranslation of the word qāran (to shine) led to a thousand-year tradition of "horned" iconography. We’ll discuss the linguistic detective work…
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