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! ====Depiction on U.S. government buildings==== [[File:Moses bas-relief in the U.S. House of Representatives chamber.jpg|thumb|Sculpture in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]]] Moses is depicted in several U.S. government buildings because of his legacy as a lawgiver. In the [[Library of Congress]] stands a large statue of Moses alongside a statue of [[Paul the Apostle]]. Moses is one of the twenty-three lawgivers depicted in [[marble]] [[bas-relief]]s in the [[United States Capitol#House Chamber|chamber]] of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] in the [[United States Capitol]]. The plaque's overview states: "Moses (c. 1350β1250 B.C.) Hebrew prophet and lawgiver; transformed a wandering people into a nation; received the Ten Commandments."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/relief-portrait-plaques-lawgivers/moses |title=Moses, Relief Portrait |publisher=Architect of the Capitol |access-date=May 5, 2022}}</ref> The other 22 figures have their profiles turned to Moses, which is the only forward-facing bas-relief.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/lawgivers/moses.cfm |title=Relief Portraits of Lawgivers: Moses |publisher=Architect of the Capitol |date=2009-02-13 |access-date=2010-03-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100302060556/http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/lawgivers/moses.cfm |archive-date=2010-03-02 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Courtroom Friezes: North and South Walls: Information Sheet | publisher = Supreme Court of the United States | url = https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/north%26southwalls.pdf | access-date = 2015-09-29 | archive-date = 2010-06-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100601113942/http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/north%26southwalls.pdf | url-status = dead }}.</ref> Moses appears eight times in carvings that ring the [[United States Supreme Court Building|Supreme Court Great Hall]] ceiling. His face is presented along with other ancient figures such as [[Solomon]], the Greek god [[Zeus]], and the Roman goddess of wisdom, [[Minerva]]. The Supreme Court Building's east pediment depicts Moses holding two tablets. Tablets representing the Ten Commandments can be found carved in the oak courtroom doors, on the support frame of the courtroom's bronze gates, and in the library woodwork. A controversial image is one that sits directly above the [[Chief Justice of the United States]]' head. In the center of the 40-foot-long Spanish marble carving is a tablet displaying [[Roman numerals]] I through X, with some numbers partially hidden.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.christianindex.org/1087.article | title = In the Supreme Court itself, Moses and his law on display | newspaper = Religion News Service | publisher = Christian Index | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091207024525/http://www.christianindex.org/1087.article | archive-date = 2009-12-07 }}</ref> 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