num_pages: 184
description: This book explores the retelling of the life of Moses in three 20th-century American Moses in Red , by Lincoln Steffens; Moses, Man of the Mountain , by Zora Neale Hurston; and Cecil B. DeMille's film, The Ten Commandments . Wright's analysis reveals that the figure of Moses has strong currency in American culture at many levels.
language: English
title: Moses in America: The Cultural Uses of Biblical Narrative
titlecomplete: Moses in America: The Cultural Uses of Biblical Narrative (AAR Cultural Criticism Series)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Oxford University Press