Moses Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Longinus=== [[File:The Brazen Serpent.jpg|thumb|Moses lifts up the [[Nehushtan|brass serpent]], curing the Israelites from poisonous snake bites in a painting by [[Benjamin West]].]] The [[Septuagint]], the Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, impressed the pagan author of the famous classical book of literary criticism, ''[[On the Sublime]]'', traditionally attributed to [[Longinus (literature)|Longinus]]. The date of composition is unknown, but it is commonly assigned to the late 1st century C.E.<ref>Henry J. M. Day, [https://books.google.com/books?id=qIkgAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA12 ''Lucan and the Sublime: Power, Representation and Aesthetic Experience,''] Cambridge University Press, 2013 p. 12.</ref> The writer quotes [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] in a "style which presents the nature of the deity in a manner suitable to his pure and great being", but he does not mention Moses by name, calling him 'no chance person' ({{lang|grc|οὐχ ὁ τυχὼν ἀνήρ}}) but "the Lawgiver" ({{lang|grc|θεσμοθέτης}}, [[Archon#Ancient Greece|thesmothete]]) of the Jews, a term that puts him on a par with [[Lycurgus of Sparta|Lycurgus]] and [[Minos]].<ref>Louis H. Felkdman, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Kbgf52KNsLQC&pg=PA239 ''Jew and Gentile in the Ancient World: Attitudes and Interactions from Alexander to Justinian''], Princeton University Press 1996 p. 239.</ref> Aside from a reference to [[Cicero]], Moses is the only non-Greek writer quoted in the work; contextually he is put on a par with [[Homer]]{{sfn | Feldman | 1998 | p = 133}} and he is described "with far more admiration than even Greek writers who treated Moses with respect, such as [[Hecataeus of Abdera|Hecataeus]] and [[Strabo]]".{{Sfn | Shmuel | 1976 | p = 1140}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page