Publisher Description
Bruce Feiler’s New York Times bestsellers Abraham, Walking the Bible, and Where God Was Born brilliantly explored the roots of faith. With America’s Prophet, Feiler looks at Moses and the essential role the prophet has played in our nation’s history and development. Bruce Feiler’s most fascinating and thought-provoking book to date, America’s Prophet delves deeply into how the Exodus story and America’s true “Spiritual Founding Father” have inspired many of the most important figures and defining events in this country’s history—from the Mayflower Pilgrims to the Civil Rights movement—and how Moses can provide meaning in times of national crisis, even today.
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“Bruce Feiler shows how the figure of Moses and the event of the Exodus as recorded in the Bible has been a dominant recurring theme in U.S. history from the time of the Puritans to the present. While I was aware of the Mosaic metaphor in the underground railroad and the Civil Rights movement, I was unaware that the same metaphor has been applied to the Puritans, George Washington, Abe Lincoln and a host of other events. Feiler writes in a very accessible style and peppers his insights with local anecdotes that make this a fun and informative read.”
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