America’s Prophet: Moses and the American Story
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The story of the exodus of American history. Moses is our founding father’s true. In this groundbreaking book, Travel New York Times bestselling author Bruce Feiler with the touchstones of American history, and traces the influence of the biblical prophets of the Mayflower to the present. Feiler visited the island, where pilgrims have spent their first Sabbath rises, the tower, where the Liberty Bell was a quote written by Moses, traces the Underground Railroad. . . more>>
March 8th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
I like books by Bruce Feiler. I read most of them so far, and I find incredibly compelling and interesting. His book Walking the Bible, was born when God and Abraham are some amazing non-fiction, in which Bruce Feiler’s happening in the Middle East and the local tour of the Bible and tried to make a spiritual connection with them. Although I am not a Christian or a Jew, I have always been very interested in the Bible, and his books really caught my imagination.
Prophet of America, a very interesting book on the figure of Moses in the history of America. When I received this book, I was a little confused because I do not think Moses was a great place in American history. I can not believe how wrong I was – again and again, Moses is presented as a figure of inspiration, someone to guide us in difficult times, a promised land. Americans see themselves in the story of Moses, even now. It’s really incredible to read.
My favorite American prophet Feiler was also traced through the Underground Railroad. It was released in the middle of the night and literally in the streets and buildings rose and tried, the meaning of what was to be preserved. Of course, he followed only a short part of the track, but I was so by his need to impress a part of history. I admired and was a fan of Bruce Feiler for a very long time, but he really showed me how he slips it in the stories he writes about.
If you are interested in the Bible, even in a secular sense, like me, you have to pick up books by Bruce Feiler. Although a Jew, Cross words of faith and spirituality, all religious boundaries. His travels to find and in relation to real places in the Bible are wonderful to read, and his analysis of history is just fascinating. Even if you do not have the habit of non-fiction, you should try the books by Bruce Feiler. It is really a writer not to be missed and the prophet of America is no exception. I have many things and can not wait for his next book will be released!
Rating: 4 / 5
March 8th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Mr. Feiler developed considerable work in this book, that Moses, a leading figure in American history, much as Jesus. To get there, it starts and runs until the pilgrimage. Today
In addition to the theory, Mr. Feiler raises some very interesting and rarely seen in history. For example, he gives the history of the primary function of the Pilgrim Church on Clark Island, before they founded Plymouth and the “true” story of the Liberty Bell. Other events have been well covered the metro, the assassination of Martin Luther King and the Statute of Liberty – all of which, of course, he tells the story of Moses. These historical results presented the book and are provided for the reader of history lessons and more as examples to support his theory. />
My only criticism is that it often redundant, with four or five examples, would do if one or two. He often points to retreaded tires, and chain of logic. It seemed a thesis on “paper” has been stretched in length book.
This criticism notwithstanding, this is a new and interesting in American history with a few mouthfuls of rare history thrown in the mix, it is interesting to brokers .
Rating: 3 / 5
March 8th, 2010 at 5:24 pm
What the Puritans, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, the Statue of Liberty, Cecil B. DeMille, and Martin Luther King Jr. have in common?
Moses.
America prophet shows Bruce Feiler, the Mosaic thread that weaves its way through the fabric of American history. On the way, we see a history of Jewish American history into a universal story of hope. The book is quite fascinating, and I highly recommend it.
Builder in Central America with the Puritan Moses. They saw the king Jacques, as king, as the children of Israel, and the New World as the Promised Land. But if the driving was the Mayflower in flight, signed the Mayflower Compact is the Sinai. Moses was not only liberating, it was a legislator. The two themes of freedom and responsibility Mosaic return again and again in American history. George Washington, for example, once led his people from tyranny and British constitutional responsibility. What Martin Luther King Jr., both African-Americans out of segregation and the “beloved community.”
The story is very similar to Moses, the American people, because that historically speaking, they are nominally Christian, was biblically literate. The civil war was something of a theological dispute. Moses was on the side of the abolitionists, and lead to an exodus of slaves to freedom? Or is it the part of owners slaves, as the law of Sinai accommodated slavery? Debates could not question that the war could. And to celebrate the end it was Abraham Lincoln like Moses.
This situation has led Martin Luther King, Jr., of the way for full integration of African Americans in American society that civil war has just opened. And like Moses, to Nebo, and never in the promised land, the king himself had never been substantial progress on his dream after his assassination in Memphis, Tenn., has exploded. But on the eve of his death speaks at Mason Temple, but he said: I’ve seen the promised land. And I can not do with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as people go to the Promised Land. ”
America is not only a promised land for African-Americans. It has also been a promised land “for immigrants, including many Jews fleeing the pogroms of Eastern Europe, the Port of New York sailed under the watchful eye of Lady Liberty. Feiler said the considerable influence on the mosaic and architecture of this symbol, but also the words of the poem “New Colossus Emma Lazarus.”
In addition to the influence of the Mosaic narrative on the policy review Feiler its influence in popular culture. Cecil B. DeMille ‘s The Ten Commandments, with Charlton Heston was a battle cry of the Cold War, America Calling, for the love of God, do not submit to communist tyranny. Paramount Studios self-financed investment of 10 granite Commandments monument on the lawns of courthouses across America. One of them, in Austin, Texas, has been central to the Supreme Court has appealed. two Jewish boys, Jerry Seigel and Joe Shuster, recorded its most famous superhero Mosaic Topics: Superman. And even earlier, in the early 20th century, Bruce Barton turned to Jesus and Moses in a model of entrepreneurs and executives, respectively. The Casual Metropolitan Life Insurance Company issued Moses persuade men that Moses as “one of the biggest sellers and real estate described encouraging that ever lived. “
Why did Moses appear again and again in American history (to a lesser extent), both sublime and ridiculous? In conclusion, Feiler has three factors . As already mentioned, the story of Moses one of liberation and responsibility, liberty and freedom. It is also a story of integration. As Feiler writes Israel’s experience with the oppression, will be the basis for a series of laws, the mandate of the mosaic that people tend to God’s care for the poor, the sick, comfort the mourning, and welcome
/> America is constantly troubled by the place of religion in public culture. Feiler book shows how the use of the biblical story of Moses for the use of good and evil in American history (or both simultaneously, in the case of civil war) – but to good. As our culture increasingly religiously diverse, one wonders if the story of Moses can still achieve something good.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 8th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Once again, Bruce Feiler has a remarkable job of taking us on a journey into a subject that most authors would never think to pursue it. Who would ever think of Moses, the prophet of America? However, Feiler takes us from our beginnings with pilgrims to this day. When he finished his report, there is no doubt in your mind influence how Moses was on the basis of moral reasoning of our country and the positive direction.
Many people have problems with our nation’s Judeo-Christian roots, but when I read this book will see that the contribution of thinking regardless of your religious beliefs.
The author takes a series of milestones in our history and a very good research shows that each event is linked to the life, teachings and dreams of Moses. I think it is useful to have some knowledge of the Bible, Feiler account hold more understandable. But even without that, the reader can still attach to the individual event and the main character. There was no doubt influenced the story of Moses and his quest for redemption and freedom of the Pilgrims, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, and almost all of our presidents. Feiler develops these few events and characters and how it was based on the teachings and guidance of Moses when he led his people to freedom, justice and morality. This is an excellent account of history that affect most of us ever. I agree. . . Moses could be called the prophet of America.
Rating: 5 / 5
March 8th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
Prophet Moses of America and American History examines the symbolic foundation stone for the foundation of the United States, deadlines and procedures, which have helped shape and influence American society within the parameters of the Bible. For those who have studied or read history, reflecting the sentiments writer Bruce Feiler to present impressions of economic upheaval and social crisis, perhaps in a different phase of the Great Awakening with a tinge of the observation scores swings of the nineteenth century, although by lens twenty-first century, an impression that Mark Twain wrote, looking at the Promised Land before his eyes.
The interesting part of the book is the study Feiler span of American history history over 400 years and the material culture, which has interpreted the large and monumental forms. In fact, most of the book focuses on fathers and founders of the religious complex relationship with Moses, who draws the connections and the importance of religion and history. Feiler, reports and detailed discussion on the symbolic meaning behind each monument gauges the imagination, especially with the illustrations of legend that accompanies the book, then there is no doubt readers will see on the photo or painting and is better with Emma Lazarus Daniel Boone, Cecil B. DeMille, and many others.
Total Feiler brings history to life of mythic proportions. His engaging and lively narrative allows the reader to better understand the names, places, ideas and material culture, which have evolved in American history. In fact, this is not a given textbook, but review and plunges deeper into the history of American history.
Rating: 5 / 5