a survey

[cellio]

If you are so inclined, I'm curious about your response to the following (replies initially screened; will unscreen and explain Wednesday):

Without looking, summarize what happened at Mount Sinai according to the torah, starting with God beginning to speak and ending with the golden calf. I'm looking for up to a few sentences, not detailed essays. (You can skip the building of the calf.)

If you like, please also say how you identify religiously (or that you don't).

Edit: Comments no longer initially screened. Also, there was one comment that the poster asked me to keep screened, which I thought I had done, but it's gone now. If I screwed that up, I apologize!

Comments

[osewalrus.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. Recalling that prompted an interesting comparison. In Va'era, God tells Moshe "Behold, I shall make you an Elohim to Paroh and Aaron shall be your prophet (navi). In Ki Tisa, the people demand that Aaron build them a new Elohim because "Moshe the man" has failed them.

[cellio]

Interesting -- I hadn't noticed that before.