The Linnet’s Wings
[Michelangelo’s “Moses”, church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. Muscular, commanding, poised for action. His horns result from a mistaken translation of “shining rays” in Exodus 34.]
Face to Face with Moses Stephen Zelnick (Moses) and Ronald Kostar (Interviewer) [1] A Radio Play supported by the Roosevelt Arts Project Roosevelt, New Jersey
Interviewer: I am delighted to be face-to-face with Moses, the great liberator of the Jewish people, author of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible … a man who talked with God. Moses: Thank you, but you praise me for what belongs to God alone. I was imperfect. I don’t know who my parents were … likely I was born a Hebrew. Some say my name means “recovered from the waters” – and fits the tale of Pharaoh’s daughter fishing me from the river. I was raised in Pharaoh’s household … grew up an undisciplined playboy, enjoying my accidental royalty. And then, in anger, I killed a man and was banished. [2] Interviewer: It is strange to think of you as a person with faults. 22
