{"id":40827,"date":"2018-09-25T02:18:43","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T23:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=40827"},"modified":"2022-04-18T14:22:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T11:22:43","slug":"the-burning-bush-in-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-burning-bush-in-art\/","title":{"rendered":"The Burning Bush in Art"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The three artworks displayed here, the image from the Sarajevo Haggadah by an unknown artist, (c. 1350), Eugene Pluchart’s <\/span>God Appears to Moses in Burning Bush<\/span><\/i> (1848), and Domenico Feti’s <\/span>Moses Before the Burning Bush<\/span><\/i> (1613), all portray the same Biblical scene, God’s revelation to Moses at the burning bush in Exodus 3. Each work imagines Moses\u2019 appearance, character, and response to revelation differently.<\/span><\/p>\n

The three artists’ depictions of the bush itself vary greatly:<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the Sarajevo Haggadah the bush looks almost like a tree.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Feti’s bush looks like a mere stick with only a few leaves. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Both images stand in contrast to Pluchart’s lush greenery, with pinkish rose-like fire emanating from it. <\/span><\/p>\n

Which is truer to the Biblical text? In truth, the identity of the bush has been debated by many and is ambiguous, allowing for multiple possibilities. Often choices made in depicting the burning bush illuminate the symbolism an interpreter is imparting to the vision. Is the bush lowly to represent the lowly status of the Children of Israel or God’s humility in appearing to Moshe? Or is it a rose-bush full of thorns, symbolic of Israel surrounded by her enemies?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Adapted from: ALHATORAH.ORG<\/span><\/p>\n

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