Moses in America: The Cultural Uses of Biblical Narrative in Bloomington, MN

This book explores the retelling of the life of Moses in three 20th-century American narratives:
Moses in Red
, by Lincoln Steffens;
Moses, Man of the Mountain
, by Zora Neale Hurston; and Cecil B. DeMille's film,
The Ten Commandments
. Wright's analysis reveals that the figure of Moses has strong currency in American culture at many levels.