Uses and Abuses of Moses: Literary Representations since the Enlightenment

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By Theodore Ziolkowski

Published May 20, 2016

Surveying major literary treatments of Moses since the Enlightenment, Theodore Ziolkowski explores the exploitation of Moses to serve a variety of ideological and cultural purposes throughout history. Theodore Ziolkowski is a prolific author and professor emeritus of German and comparative literature at Princeton.

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