| Title: | Moses Striking the Rock and Bringing Forth the Water |
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| Notes: | "...Moses had done a terrible thing. Moses had not followed God's instructions. Instead of only speaking to the rock, Moses struck it and made it appear that his power, not the power of God, had caused the water to flow. And Moses struck the rock not once but twice, emphasizing that his striking of the rock was no accident...Moses should have said something like "Behold the power of God" and then told the rock to give water in the name of God. By saying "Shall we bring forth water for you?" and then striking the rock Moses made it appear that he was creating the water with his rod. He was pretending to be a magician." (Sandidge, 175) A short essay on the artistic and spiritual meaning of this artwork is available from The Visual Commentary on Scripture, https://thevcs.org/striking-rock/miracle-presence?first=5956. This image represents an interpretation of the Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings for Year B -- Lent -- Fourth Sunday in LentYear A -- Season after Pentecost -- Proper 21 (26) |
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| Date: | 1540-1545 |
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| Artist: | Bachiacca, 1494-1557 |
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| Building: | National Gallery of Scotland
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| City/Town: | Edinburgh
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| Country: | United Kingdom
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| Scripture: | Exodus 17:1-7
Numbers 20:2-13
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| Person as Subject: | Moses (Biblical figure)
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| Lectionary links: | AProp21
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| General Subject: | Water
Rock
Visual Commentary on Scripture
RCL Daily Reading
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| Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- Italy
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| ICONCLASS Number: | 71E1263
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| Copyright Source: | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bacchiacca_-_Moses_Striking_the_Rock.jpg |
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| Copyright Permission: | Please visit the URL in the Copyright Source field on this page for details about reusing this image. |
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| Attribution: | Bachiacca, 1494-1557. Moses Striking the Rock and Bringing Forth the Water, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=51130 [retrieved March 25, 2025]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bacchiacca_-_Moses_Striking_the_Rock.jpg. |
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| Record Number: | 51130
Last Updated: 2021-11-18 18:48:04
Record Created: 2007-04-19 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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| Bibliographic Source: | Forty Years in the Wilderness: Moses Leads the Bible's Lost Generation |
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| Author: | Sandidge, Sue |
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| Publisher: | Xlibris Corporation |
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| Date: | 2005 |
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