Jewish Journal

Where Is the Burning Bush?

During a recent visit to Jerusalem, a woman in her 80s explained to me how she came to live in Israel. Her father was at Auschwitz when it was liberated. He lay on top of a pile of corpses, unable to ...
America Magazine

Moses, the burning bush and a Jesuit fire extinguisher

Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. Leading the flock across the desert, he came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There an angel of the LORD appeared to him in ...
National Catholic Register

‘I AM’ at the Burning Bush: Moses’ Vocation Begins

OLD TESTAMENT & ART: Exodus 3–4 reveals God’s personal call to Moses, the mystery of the divine name, and the mission that will reshape salvation history. Domenichino, “Moses and the Burning Bush,” ca ...
Jewish Journal

Table for Five: Shemot

“An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from within the bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed.” A year ago, this verse came alive ...
America Magazine

The contradictions of the burning bush

Luke Timothy Johnson, known for his scholarly commentaries on the third Gospel, described this Sunday’s Gospel reading as a call not only to repentance from sin but also a call to become aware that ...