Mount Sinai
by George Manginis, Haus Publishing, £20
Mountains have always commanded a singular place in religion. Pagan societies worshipped them and used them as boundary markers. Native Americans regarded them as sacred gods protecting their homeland. But it’s in the monotheistic tradition where mountains really matter, and none more so than Mount Sinai.
Sinai, as described in Exodus, is at the heart of Judaism – the site where Moses (and the Israelites) first received God’s covenant. It is the foundational moment in all three “religions of the book”, the actual place where the “book” first started taking shape, and is equally revered by all.
