num_pages: 505
description: Moses brought a testament of faith, a love of justice &amp; a hatred of tyranny to the world. His story has inspired movements of national liberation. Asch portrays him with vigor, insight &amp; sympathy as a leader who struggled with implacable enemies, rebellious followers &amp; personal failings to bring his people to a land of promise. Asch weaves a tapestry of superbly realized oriental color &amp; movement. Egypt comes alive under his pen. The opulence &amp; intrigue of Pharoah's court is contrasted with the poverty &amp; oppression of the slaves who worked to build &amp; maintain the empire. Every episode provides &amp; an excitingly instructive example. We meet Moses as a young prince, rebelling under palace discipline, aware of rumors concerning his birth, drawn to the Hebrews, but afraid to reach out to them. We see him struggling with halting speech &amp; a violent temper. Finally, he finds his true family &amp; makes the decision to cast his lot with Israel. One day in the desert, God speaks to him out of a bush that burns but isn't consumed &amp; commands him to deliver Israel to freedom. A great trek begins. This work of historical exactitude &amp; sustained inspiration meets the challenge of Moses with a scope &amp; authority worthy of that sublime figure. "In 1936, the novelist &amp; critic Ludwig Lewisohn was asked to name the world’s ten greatest living Jews. The resulting list, which ran in The NY Times, included Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud, Martin Buber &amp; Louis Brandeis. Lewisohn deemed only one writer great enough to be included in this illustrious company: Sholem Asch."—Ellen Umansky, Tablet Magazine
language: English
title: Moses
titlecomplete: Moses
genres: Christian Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 37
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons (NY)