A lot of Jews and Christian swere confused by this. Michelangelo depicts him with literal horns. But Jews and Christians ultimately decided the text meant a haloWhich is accurate?
>>25252240>Jews and Christians ultimately decided the text meant a haloand they're cowards for that
>>25252256They're scared of horns?
>>25252240If it was just that one instance, there could be room for doubt, but Jews and Christians have a long and colored history of pretending words and passages don't mean what they clearly say.
>>25252240It was st Jerome who incorrectly translated the Hebrew word Qaran (to shine) as Qeren (horns). Recall that ancient Hebrew had now vowel markers
>>25252292big if true
>>25252292Qaran is the verb form and it means to gore and stab with horns, or to sprout horns. Rabbis who later added the vowels said the word was this instead of the noun form qeren, and that it meant to shoot out rays here because it was figurative (horns of light) and so it was a halo
>>25252264they're afraid of deviating from established doctrine, especially giving a "good" character horns, which are associated with evil in abrahamic religions.
>>25252319But Moses also makes a gold snake for people to venerate
almost like none of the desert schizo bullshit makes sense
>>25252335But pagan shit does? Retard
>>25252292no* vowel markers>>25252313Even strict Roman Catholics no longer hold this view. How would Moses gore the Israelites who are standing a ways back and how big would the horns have to have been for the multitude to have seen them clearly on Moses' head as he descended from the mountain, enough to tremble in fear and ask him to stay back?
>>25252240>AAAAAAARGHHHH!!! ARE THOSE HORNS ON MOSES' HEAD? HELP ME LORD YHWH IM GOING INSAAAAANE!!!!they were a precious bunch
>>25252313>Qaran is the verb form and it means to gore and stab with horns, or to sprout hornsThat's what the root means, but not necessarily the verb, which already seems to be figurative towards the root. The verb's only uses in the Bible in this conjugation are these verses in Ex. 34; otherwise there's a verse in one of the Psalms, but it's also in a particular form, the causative participle.
>>25252426WhatAnon, the anon you are replying to is explaining the mistranslation. Moses didn't have literal horns.
>>25252827I misread
>>25252256Way to make up nonsense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horns_of_Moses
Such autism over Semitic root/Greek word vs. intended meaning is why I feel like I could have spent a happy life as a specialist in Biblical studies even though I'm not a Christian myself
>>25254284Like the proverbial hole. It was made for me.
>>25252313>>25254284The Septuagint is the real inspired text and it says that Moses face was glorious
>>25252240>DUDE SERAPIS LMAOShofar horns. Or just glowing illuminated with revelation upon his countenance.
>>25255268Probably the latter. The text says it's the skin of his face (`or panav), not his head (rosh) that's effected.
>>25252240>A lot of Jews and Christian swere confusedno need to go further.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MPHyR92MQic&ra=m
>>25252412Yes, physics is technically pagan since its non-christian and pagan is just a slur for non-christian in the tradition of goyifying the other, so some pagan shit definitely makes way more sense than schizo nonsense about horned desert wizards who turn magical staffs into golden snakes.
>>25252292this is the accepted history. michelangelo would has gone with whatever he thought cool either way
>>25252240Regardless if its true or not I sense some disingenuity behind this post.
>>25252240There is no mystery around this. It is true that the Hebrew word keren (קרן) means either “ray/beam” or “horn”, but so are “horned” and “radiant” interchangeable in translations of Sumerian and Akkadian hymns towards the Moon, which is viewed as a shining crescent shape (v. Åke W. Sjöberg's Der Mondgott Nanna-Suen in der sumerischen Überlieferung). This information is important, because Mount Sinai, where Moses acquired such qualities, bears the etymology of the Mesopotamain god of the Moon, Sin.
