# What does Moses look like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2011, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903 "2011-02-28T11:36:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/21 "2011-03-01T01:42:25Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I would’ve chosen the third option, but I refuse to say I’m an ass. The comment is odd and uncalled-for. Because the first two choices should cover 100% of all responses: Charleton Heston, Not Charleton Heston. Picking “other” means you didn’t read the other two choices, but you simply wanted to pick “other” to be an ass. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/22 "2011-03-01T01:48:55Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > Because the first two choices should cover 100% of all responses: Charleton Heston, Not Charleton Heston. But they don’t. As I explained earlier, I neither picture Charlton Heston, nor do I picture someone else other than Charlton Heston. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/23 "2011-03-01T02:50:59Z")
> [@Superhal](#): > > Because the first two choices should cover 100% of all responses: Charleton Heston, Not Charleton Heston. > > Picking “other” means you didn’t read the other two choices, but you simply wanted to pick “other” to be an ass. Doesn’t “somebody else” mean somebody specific? I don’t see Moses as any real person. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/24 "2011-03-01T04:31:31Z")
_sigh._ Fine. Please redo the choices to mean: A. Charleton Heston. B. Any thing, person, object, cloud, etc. other than Charleton Heston. C. Other, because I’m an ass. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/25 "2011-03-01T04:36:20Z")
[I’m not saying this is the first guy I think of, but he deserves a mention.](http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/malonmo01.html) ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/26 "2011-03-01T04:44:47Z")
Oh yeah: B should be: Anything other than Charleton Heston, including “nothing”. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/27 "2011-03-01T05:55:25Z")
I was going to say “Moses as pictured on the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel” but then I realized I was thinking God with his big swirly grey beard and his finger almost touching Adam’s - so record this as a vote for “Moses looks like God as pictured on the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel”. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/28 "2011-03-01T06:16:34Z")
[This](http://www.michelangeloexperience.com/2011/01/michelangelo-moses-estelle-m-hurll/) is the one and only Moses (but without the horns). And look how flimsy those tablets look. No wonder the third one broke. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/29 "2011-03-01T07:37:28Z")
[Like, Judd Buck (Hirsch)](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002139/). ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/30 "2011-03-01T07:48:25Z")
Heston. Lenny Bruce thought so too. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/31 "2011-03-01T08:47:39Z")
I voted “other”, because to me, he looks like Mel Brooks: "The Lord Jehovah has given unto you these 15…Oy…Ten! Ten Commandments! " ETA I see DrFidelius got there first. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/32 "2011-03-01T12:13:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Because the first two choices should cover 100% of all responses: Charleton Heston, Not Charleton Heston. > > Picking “other” means you didn’t read the other two choices, but you simply wanted to pick “other” to be an ass. As the responses of others should have made clear, I don’t read it that way – Michaelangelo’s statue and Gustave Dore’s illustrations aren’t “somebody else” – they’re supposed to be _Moses_. So your first two choices _don’t_ cover all bases, and “other” would have been the reasonable choice in my case, except I don’t choose to self-identify as an ass. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/33 "2011-03-01T13:57:16Z")
I do picture someone sorta similar to Heston, but I’ve seen screenshots lately, and the guy I’m picturing looks a lot more real. Same beard, different face. I also sometimes picture the Prince of Egypt guy, just like I sometimes picture the Jesus from Time Magazine. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/34 "2011-03-01T14:04:20Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > [This](http://www.michelangeloexperience.com/2011/01/michelangelo-moses-estelle-m-hurll/) is the one and only Moses (but without the horns). And look how flimsy those tablets look. No wonder the third one broke. That is one buff Moses. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/35 "2011-03-01T14:10:43Z")
Like [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ahmose-mummy-head.png). ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/36 "2011-03-01T18:39:58Z")
What **DOES** Moses look like? - I’m going to go with dust! - Answer **C** What **DID** he look like when alive is closer to answers **A** and **B** My work here is done, _Nitpick Man_ ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/37 "2011-03-01T18:58:34Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > That is one buff Moses. Indeed. He could just _rip_ the Red Sea in half. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/38 "2011-03-01T21:18:13Z")
[http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/7750/moses.jpg](http://img848.imageshack.us/i/moses.jpg/) ☹ Yes. I’m an ass. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/39 "2011-03-02T09:31:13Z")
Like Captain Tuttle. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903/40 "2011-03-02T17:17:03Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > [This](http://www.michelangeloexperience.com/2011/01/michelangelo-moses-estelle-m-hurll/) is the one and only Moses (but without the horns). And look how flimsy those tablets look. No wonder the third one broke. Is it me or does that statue look like Charlton Heston on steroids? Does this mean Michelangelo could foretell the future? 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-moses-look-like/572903.md?page=3)