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Author Wright, Melanie Jane, 1970-

Title Moses in America : the cultural uses of biblical narrative / Melanie J. Wright
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (172 pages)
Series American Academy of Religion cultural criticism series
American Academy of Religion cultural criticism series.
Contents 1. Introduction; 2. Back to the Future: Lincoln Steffens's Moses in Red (1926); 3. If Moses Was a Mulatto: Zora Neale Hurston's Moses, Man of the Mountain (1939); 4. Coming in from the Cold (War): Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956); 5. Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Selective Filmography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; U; V; W
Summary This title explores the retelling of the life of Moses in three 20th-century American narratives: 'Moses in Red', by Lincoln Steffens; Moses, 'Man of the Mountain', by Zora Neale Hurston ; and Cecil B. DeMille's film, 'The Ten Commandments'
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-166) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Steffens, Lincoln, 1866-1936. Moses in red
Hurston, Zora Neale. Moses, man of the mountain
Moses (Biblical leader)
SUBJECT Moses (Biblical leader) fast
Mose Biblische Person gnd
Mose. swd
Ten commandments (Motion picture : 1956) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98026999
Bible. Old Testament -- Biography -- History and criticism
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible. Old Testament fast
Moses, man of the mountain (Hurston, Zora Neale) fast
Ten commandments (Motion picture : 1956) fast
The ten commandments gnd
Ten commandments. swd
Subject Religion and culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
ART -- Reference.
ART -- Performance.
Biography
Religion and culture
Literatur
Interpretatie.
Culturen.
United States
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
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