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Someone asked "What is the poppycock about Jewish people having horns or some association with the Christian assigned devil 👿? I read something the other day and was shocked that this is an actually belief people have ????? "
Believe it or not, this happened to me! When I was in college a friend from Iowa discovered that I was Jewish and fled the room in tears! It turns out she thought all Jews had horns and was suddenly terrified of me. This is what ignorance and hatred can foment... The error first showed up in Jerome’s Latin Vulgate of Exodus 34:29 has “et ignorabat quod cornuta esset facies sua” which translated is, “did not know his face had become horned.” How can a face be horned in the first place? It would have to be the skull or head, not the face! But what can you do with mistranslations? Sir Thomas Browne wrote in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: "The ground of this absurdity, was surely a mistake of the Hebrew Text, in the history of Moses when he descended from the Mount;3 upon the affinity of Kæren and Karan, that is, an horn, and to shine, which is one quality of horn: The Vulgar Translation conforming unto the former. Ignorabat quod cornuta esset facies ejus. Qui videbant faciem Moses esse cornutam. But the Chaldee paraphrase, translated by Paulus Fagius, hath otherwise expressed it. Moses nesciebat quod multus esset splendor gloriæ vultus ejus. Et viderunt filii Israel quod multa esset claritas gloriæ faciei Moses. The expression of the Septuagint is as large, δεδόξασται ἡ ὄψις τοῦ χρώματος τοῦ προσώπου, Glorificatus est aspectus cutis, seu coloris faciei." Then Michelangelo carved his famous statue of Moses which included horns. The word mistranslated is קָרַן / karan which means shone... Some sources (including the infamous Strong's Concordance) say that קָרַן / karan can mean to shoot out horns, but also rays. Well, yes and no. קָרַן / karan is a verb and if it meant horn here the word in the context of the sentence would be different. It might be מְקוּרְנָן not just קָרַן . Let's revisit the applicable passages in the Torah which speak of Moses' face shining: "(Moses) descended from the mountain and Moses did not know that the skin of his face had become radiant while He (G-d) had spoken with him. . .all the children of Israel saw Moses and behold! the skin of his face had become radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the princes of the community returned to him, and Moses would speak to them." Sh'mot / Exodus 34:29 - 31. BTW, some Christians will say that Jews have a "veil" over their hearts and this is why they can't "see" that Jesus was the messiah / god. This is partially based on Paul's lies about this very verse. To explain away Jews 2000 year refusal to “accept” Jesus as a god (let alone a messiah) many missionaries blithely say that “Jews are blind – a “veil” has been put before your eyes so you can’t see the “truth” that Jesus is the messiah.” This outrageous slander is straight from the Christian bible: "We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in (Jesus) is it taken away." 2 Corinthians 3:13-14. When Moses entered his tent to speak with G-d he did not wear a veil. Moses never wore a veil when speaking to G-d or when giving G-d’s words to the people. Paul is 100% wrong -- whether because he did not know the truth or because he lied to his followers. Paul was not above lying to gain his purpose: "Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances G-d’s truthfulness and so increases his glory, why am I still condemned as a sinner?” Romans 3:7. "But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless being crafty, I caught you with guile." 2 Corinthians 12:16. Moses' face is NOT COVERED. The people came forward and Moses spoke to them (no veil / hood). "the children of Israel would draw near, and he would command them everything that the L-rd had spoken with him on Mount Sinai. When Moses had finished speaking with them, he placed a covering over his face." Sh'mot / Exodus 34:32 - 33. The words of the Torah are the OPPOSITE of what Paul claims. Moses only covered his face when he was finished speaking to the Jews. When the words of G-d are communicated to the Jews there is NO VEIL. (hood). And WHAT was supposedly “passing away”? The eternal promises G-d made to the Jews which He repeatedly tells us ARE eternal? And WHAT was supposedly “passing away”? The eternal promises G-d made to the Jews which He repeatedly tells us ARE eternal? "And You did establish to Yourself Your people Israel to be a people unto You forever; and You, L-rd, became their G-d." Shmuel Beit / 2 Samuel 7:24. "The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our G-d will stand forever." Y'shayahu / Isaiah 40:8. "Forever, O L-rd, Your word stands in the heavens. . . Were not Your Torah my occupation, then I would have perished in my affliction. T'hillim / Psalm 119:89-92. "Thus shall the children of Israel observe the Sabbath, to make the Sabbath throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant. Between Me and the children of Israel, it is forever a sign." Sh'mot / Exodus 31:16-17. "The hidden things belong to the L-rd, our G-d, but the revealed things apply to us and to our children forever: that we must fulfill all the words of this Torah." D'varim / Deuteronomy 29:28. Paul is either ignorant of G-d's eternal promises to the Jew -- or he is simply lying to his followers. Paul even has the arrogance to say “But their minds were made dull (the Jews) for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It (the veil) has not been removed, because only in (Jesus) is it taken away.” 2 Corinthians 3:14. Paul says the Jewish mind is dull, yet G-d says the revealed things apply to us and to our children forever. Which is it? Who to believe: Paul or G-d? Ask yourself, if Paul reversed what the Torah said in this instance then how much more can you believe in the Christian bible?
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