On this second visit to England, he was lauded by the English nobility and critics alike, and invited to exhibit at leading art societies ; moreover, King George III is said to have commissioned the out-sized painting River Landscape with the Finding of Moses ( 1768 ).

In 1977, Word Books, Inc. commissioned Hank Ketcham Enterprises, Inc. to produce a series of ten comic books under the title Dennis and the Bible Kids, with the usual cast of characters reading ( and sometimes partly acting out ) the stories of Joseph, Moses, David, Esther, Jesus, and other Biblical characters.

Pope Sixtus IV had rebuilt the Papal Chapel, named the Sistine Chapel in his honour, and commissioned a group of artists, Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Cosimo Rosselli to decorate its wall with fresco cycles depicting the Life of Christ and the Life of Moses.

Paintings commissioned by Charles I for the house from Orazio Gentileschi, but now elsewhere, include a ceiling Allegory of Peace and the Arts, now installed at Marlborough House, London, a large Finding of Moses, now on loan from a private collection to the National Gallery, London, and a matching Joseph and Potiphar's Wife still in the Royal Collection.

He then laid his hands on him and commissioned him as God had commanded Moses.

Schikaneder commissioned Süssmayr to compose an opera Moses oder der Auszug aus Agypten, for premiere on 4 May 1792.

Haman was commissioned to build a tall tower, using burnt bricks, for this Pharaoh to climb up to the God of Moses.

The best known permanent exhibition at the Queens Museum is the Panorama of the City of New York which was commissioned by Robert Moses for the 1964 World ’ s Fair.

" Down the Garden Path: The Artist ’ s Garden After Modernism " ( 2005 ), used the Museum ’ s location in a park to feature newly commissioned works ; and " Robert Moses and the Modern City ," the first major exhibition devoted to the planner since his death in 1981, was organized by architectural historian Hilary Ballon, presented simultaneously at the Museum of the City of New York, and the Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University.

Ten years later, when Robert Moses proposed the construction of a sunken boulevard which would have sped traffic through the middle of the famed Washington Square Park, the Joint Committee to Stop the Lower Manhattan Expressway led by Jane Jacobs, defeated him again.

Mikhail Moses or Moishe ( Mischa ) Saulovich Elman (; January 20, 1891, Talnoye, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire – April 5, 1967, New York, United States ) was a Russian violinist, famed for his passionate style and beautiful tone.

Notably, Horowitz also wrote Thirty-Three Candles, a book detailing his involvement with Messianic claimant Moses Guibbory and famed radio announcer Boake Carter.

His credulity is perhaps best illustrated in his introduction to The Emancipation Of Massachusetts, which purports to examine the trials of Moses and to draw a parallel between the leader of the Israelite exodus from Egypt and the leadership of the Puritan clergy in colonial New England.

Barnes ' Notes on the New Testament comments on these verses saying: " These comprehend the substance of what Moses in the law, and what the prophets have spoken.

The Covenant of Grace forms the basis of the later covenants with Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and the New Covenant in Christ.

His famous Sermon on the Mount is considered by some Christian scholars to be the proclamation of the New Covenant ethics, in contrast to the Mosaic Covenant of Moses from Mount Sinai.

In Christianity, the New Testament describes how both Jesus and John the Baptist are compared with Elijah, and on some occasions, thought by some to be manifestations of Elijah, and Elijah appears with Moses during the Transfiguration of Jesus.

He and Moses built highways, bridges and tunnels, transforming the physical landscape of New York City.

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York.

Title page of the 1880 New York edition of The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses.

A unique portrayal of Moses with a New Testament summary of the Old Testament law inscribed on the tablets.

A statue of Moses smiting the rock stands in Washington Park Historic District ( Albany, New York ) | Washington Park, Albany, New York.

Bust of Moses at Earl Hall at Columbia University in New York City

For Christians, Moses — mentioned more often in the New Testament than any other Old Testament figure — is often a symbol of God's law, as reinforced and expounded on in the teachings of Jesus.

New Testament writers often compared Jesus ' words and deeds with Moses ' to explain Jesus ' mission.

His leadership, influence and legacy led to the formation of communities dominated by Gentile groups that worshiped the God of Israel, adhered to the " Judaic moral code ", but relaxed or abandoned the ritual and dietary teachings of the Law of Moses, that these laws and rituals had either been fulfilled in the life of Christ or were symbolic precursors of Christ, all on the basis of Paul's teachings of the life and works of Jesus Christ and his teaching of a New Covenant ( or " new testament ") established through Jesus ' death and resurrection.

New York City official Robert Moses tried to interest Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O ' Malley in this site as the location for a new Dodger stadium, but O ' Malley refused, unable to agree on location, ownership and lease terms.

At his inauguration, O ' Dwyer celebrated to the song, " It's a Great Day for the Irish ," and addressed the 700 people gathered in Council Chambers at City Hall: " It is our high purpose to devote our whole time, our whole energy to do good work ..." He established the Office of City Construction Coordinator, appointing Robert Moses to the post, worked to have the permanent home of the United Nations located in Manhattan, presided over the first billion-dollar New York City budget, created a traffic department and raised the subway fare from five cents to ten cents.

Cited in Chapter VI of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince ( Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired By One ’ s Own Arms And Ability ) Fra Girolamo Savonarola was seen by Machiavelli as an incompetent, ill-prepared, and ' unarmed prophet ', unlike ' Moses, Cyrus, Romulus, Theseus ' ( Machiavelli's The Prince )

Hydroelectric power dam at the Robert Moses Generating facility, Lewiston, New York.

* Robert Moses, New York planner with whom Haussmann is occasionally compared.

The last four of Ammann's six New York City bridges — Triborough, Bronx-Whitestone, Throgs Neck, and Verrazano-Narrows — were all built for Moses ' Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority.

From 1825 until his death he was pastor of the First Church ( Congregational ) in New Haven, Connecticut, occupying a pulpit which was one of the most conspicuous in New England, and which had been rendered famous by his predecessors, Moses Stuart and Nathaniel W. Taylor.

While this precise terminology —" by faith alone "— does not appear in English Bible translations other than in where it has been claimed that the author seems to reject the notion that a person is justified by God solely on account of faith, other Catholic authorities also used " alone " in their translation of Romans 3: 28 or exegesis of salvation by faith passages, and it is claimed to summarize the teaching of the New Testament, and especially the Pauline epistles such as, which systematically reject the proposition that justification before God is obtained due to the merit of one's obedience to the Law of Moses ( see also Biblical law in Christianity ), or Abraham's circumcision and works.

:" Moses said to God, ' Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, " The God of your fathers has sent me to you ," and they ask me, ‘ What is his name ?’ Then what shall I tell them ?” God said to Moses, “ I AM WHO I AM " — Exodus 3: 13-14 ( New International Version ) ( see Tetragrammaton ).

* 1975: The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro

* Internet Archive: 1964 New York World's Fair Report ( 1961 ) Film about planning the fair with Robert Moses.

The next year, three Grandma Moses paintings were included in " Contemporary Unknown American Painters " at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Her first solo exhibition, " What a Farm Wife Painted ", opened October 1940 at Otto Kallir's New York City gallery Galerie St. Etienne, followed by a meet-and-greet with the artist and an exhibition of 50 paintings at Gimbel's Department Store November 15, followed by a third solo show in as many months, at the Whyte Gallery, Washington, D. C. " Gimbels had supplemented Moses ' art display with a table beneath the paintings spread samples of Grandma's culinary talents — homebaked bread, rolls and cake, plus some of the preserves which won her prizes at the county fair.

On her 100th birthday in 1960, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller proclaimed the day " Grandma Moses Day " in her honor.

The character Granny on the popular 1960s rural comedy television series The Beverly Hillbillies was named Daisy Moses as an homage to Grandma Moses, who died shortly before the series began. She is buried in Hoosick Falls, New York.

Norman Rockwell, who, for a time, lived in Arlington, Vermont, was a friend of Grandma Moses who lived in nearby Eagle Bridge, New York.

* Moses G. Leonard ( 1809 – 1899 ), US Congressman for New York was born in town.

* Moses G. Leonard ( 1809 – 1899 ), a United States Representative from New York, grew up in Union but was born in nearby Stafford.

Austin Lake is in the southeast part of the city and was named for Moses Austin, who had emigrated to Portage Township from Genesee County, New York in 1833.

* 25px Robert Moses State Parkway, North-South highway through the town from the Lewiston town line north to New York State Route 18 near Lake Ontario at Four Mile Creek State Park.

In 1960, through the efforts of the powerful appointed official, Robert Moses of New York City, New York State seized of the Tuscarora reservation to form a reservoir for the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant operated by the New York Power Authority.