Latest update: November 28th, 2011 Interestingly enough, more
than thirty years later Fisher returned to the subject of Moshe
in an illustrated book of the same name. Here the lawgiver
lovingly holds the tablets in a deep and tortured contemplation.
We see the mountain behind him with the long mass of the Jewish
people at its base. We immediately understand Moshe’s concern
that this people will not cherish the Law as he does. They are
tragically fated to stray. The figure of Jonah is seen from
above, floating in an abstracted well meant to evoke the giant
fish’s innards. His hands and forearms stick out from his sides
in helplessness, defenseless against God’s judgment. But it is
the absolutely stunned expression on Yonah’s face that cuts to
the heart of Fisher’s vision. The artist has convincingly
plumbed the soul of the prophet who momentarily thought he could
escape God’s command. He is confronted by his own rebellion and
terrified by its consequences. We can easily see from this how
the sprout of repentan