Patheos

BuddhistCatholicContemplativeEvangelicalGeneral ChristianHinduJewishLatter-day SaintMuslimNew VisionsProgressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Patheos

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos Patheos on Facebook Patheos on YouTube

religionprof

Moses

Select a Category 1 Corinthians 1 John 1 Peter 1 Samuel 1 Thessalonians 1 Timothy 2 Corinthians 2 Kings 2 Peter 2 Samuel 2 Thessalonians 2 Timothy academia Acts of the Apostles afterlife Akhaten Alcatraz American Academy of Religion Amos Anglican Arabic Aramaic archaeology art artificial intelligence astronomy atheism atonement Babylon 5 Baptists Battlestar Galactica Bible Biblical Studies Carnival biblioblogging Black Mirror Blade Runner Book of Job book review Buddhism Call for Papers China Christianity Christmas Christology Chronicles Coptic creation Daniel Deuteronomy Doctor Who Dune Easter Ecclesiastes economics education Eldad Keynan Enoch Seminar Ephesians eschatology Esther Evangelicals evolution Exodus Expanse Ezekiel Ezra fantasy Fringe fundamentalism Galatians games Ge'ez genealogy Genesis Gnosticism Gospel of Jesus' Wife Gospel of John Gospel of Judas Gospel of Luke Gospel of Mark Gospel of Matthew Gospel of Peter Gospel of Thomas Greek Harry Potter Hebrew Hebrews Hinduism historical Jesus history Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Holidays horror Hosea humor incarnation India inerrancy information literacy inspirational Intelligent Design Ireland Isaiah Islam Israel Italy James Jeremiah John the Baptist Jonah Joshua Judaism Jude Judges Judith Lamentations languages Latin Leviticus libraries literature Lord of the Rings LOST Mandaeans Mandaic memes Methodism Micah monotheism morality Mormons movies music mythicism NASSCAL Nehemiah new perspective New Testament news Numbers Orthodox paganism panentheism pantheism Patheos Paul and his letters Pentecostals Philippians Philippians 2:6-11 philosophy physics Planet of the Apes podcast politics Progressive Christianity Protestantism Proverbs Psalms pseudoscience racism religion Revelation Roman Catholicism Romania Romans Ruth scams science science fiction Secret Gospel of Mark Society of Biblical Literature Song of Songs Star Trek Star Wars Stargate Swahili Syriac Taoism technology Terminator The Handmaid's Tale The Hobbit The Matrix theodicy theology theory Timeless Titus tomb Torchwood travel TRON Uncategorized United Kingdom Westworld X-Files young-earth creationism Zechariah

Select a Month October 2026 September 2026 August 2026 July 2026 June 2026 May 2026 April 2026 March 2026 February 2026 January 2026 December 2025 November 2025 October 2025 September 2025 July 2025 June 2025 May 2025 April 2025 March 2025 February 2025 January 2025 December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 April 2024 March 2024 February 2024 January 2024 December 2023 November 2023 October 2023 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 May 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 January 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 February 2007 January 2001

December 2024

December 18, 2024

Prophetic Name Tags

Prophetic name tags? Was it curiosity about what this post could possibly be about that...

March 2024

March 25, 2024

Testament: The Story of Moses

I had the opportunity to preview a new three-part miniseries that is coming soon to...

September 2020

September 21, 2020

The Theology of Images in Shoenberg’s Moses und Aron

A really important work in the history of music, never mind the musical reception of...

April 2019

April 12, 2019

Biblical Concertos

The Milken Archive has been creating some wonderful online exhibits of Jewish music from across...

March 2018

March 07, 2018

Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron: The Movie and the Music

I love teaching my course on the Bible and music! In the class period dedicated...

February 2018

February 01, 2018

Who Led The Israelites?

I could probably add some sort of semi-serious text here to try to turn the...

April 2017

April 12, 2017

Worst Navigator Ever?

This is an old joke, and not a particularly funny one, since it misses the...

February 2017

February 21, 2017

The Bible in Arnold Schoenberg’s Music

The entirety of Schoenberg's "Moses und Aron" is on YouTube (just the music, not a...

October 2016

October 30, 2016

R. Nathaniel Dett, The Ordering of Moses

August 2016

August 26, 2016

Updated Ten Commandments

From College Humor via Hemant Mehta. New commandment #9 is especially important, but so are...

July 2016

July 10, 2016

Moses on Moses

I came across the above meme, which nicely highlights one of many absurdities that result from viewing...

July 03, 2016

Ham vs. Nye, Moses, and Jesus

Tyler Franke has offered a comical cartoon version of a debate between Ken Ham, Bill...

March 2016

March 02, 2016

Just Free Them With Your Magic

The above cartoon appeared in a 3quarksdaily post that is part 1 of a series...

September 2015

September 09, 2015

Distracted by a Burning Bush

From The New Yorker via Hemant Mehta. It is actually quite a poignant cartoon, asking us...

March 2015

March 14, 2015

The Humblest Man on Earth

Yuriy Stasyuk shared the image above on Facebook. It is poking fun at the idea...

February 2015

February 21, 2015

Why The Exodus Was Necessary

Grumpy Pharaoh. That was the problem.

February 11, 2015

The Bible as Fantasy

I shared some science fictional explorations of Biblical texts by Ben Riddlebarger previously. He has...

February 09, 2015

Moses Awaits the Word of God

From the New Yorker. HT Hemant Mehta.

November 2014

November 26, 2014

Poor Sense of Direction

October 2014

October 24, 2014

Thanks, Google

A student pointed out to me that, if you ask Google "Who wrote the Pentateuch?"...

October 24, 2014

Predicting the Future

I love this cartoon from the New Yorker. This is precisely the problem with predictive...

July 2014

July 12, 2014

Four Part Harmony

I came across the cartoon below, which seems to be neither funny nor accurate. I'm...

May 2014

May 07, 2014

Why Not The Beatitudes?

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Caleb the Surfer

Today's Non Sequitur. While Moses seems not to appreciate it, according to the Bible, Caleb...

March 24, 2014

The Bible, the Veil, and the Spirit

Mention was made in a Facebook conversation I had recently of Paul's reference (2 Cor....

March 02, 2014

Internet Ethics

Christian Brady shared the above Bizarro cartoon. There are a number of important topics it...

February 2014

February 14, 2014

You Have Heard Them Called Antitheses, But I Say To You…

Doug Chaplin has posted about the extraordinary antitheses in Matthew's Gospel. I disagree with his...

February 09, 2014

Moses in Winter

The above cartoon from The New Yorker, "Moses in Connecticut," could be relocated to many...

January 2014

January 17, 2014

God, Moses, and Aaron in Conversation

The following is a fictional conversation composed by Eric Hatfield: Moses: Hey Aaron, how do...

September 2013

September 23, 2013

Room for Comments

I really like this cartoon. I can well imagine someone responding by asserting that the...

Related posts from Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath

Family

The Fourth Synoptic Gospel

Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath

Family

The Cost of Welcome

Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath

Family

Mourning John and Dancing Jesus?

Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath

Family

The Murder of the Beloved Son

Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath

Patheos on Facebook Patheos on YouTube

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Copyright 2008-2026, Patheos. All rights reserved.

Subscription Support Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In

Follow Patheos Patheos on Facebook Patheos on YouTube