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12-18-1998

Everything's Coming Up Moses: In Five Books, A New Moses For a New Age

Followers of the great philosopher Moses Maimonides used to say, "From Moses to Moses there was none like Moses." From Moses of Sinai to Moses the animated teenage "Prince of Egypt," there have been many Moseses indeed. It might even be said that each generation gets the Moses it needs, or perhaps the Moses it deserves.

From the look of things, current generations...

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