The Sixth Book of Moses

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THE SIXTH BOOK OF MOSES

A Historical Novel

Total 385 pages. Original version is written in Russian and published in 1999.

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Expert English translation and editing are accomplished.

The forty years gap in the biblical account between Moses’ birth and the moment he killed the Egyptian taskmaster is used to portray development of his character and views. These in turn prepared him for the role of the First God’s Messenger who brought the revolutionary idea of “One God-Spirit” to mankind, thus shaping its future for the next three and one half millennia.

According to the novel, Moses learns in the palace school, witnesses the earthquake on Crete, studies records of pre-Atlantic civilization, psychology and medicine and fights for the princess he loves. His adopted grandfather - Pharaoh Amunhotpe III develops a closer relationships with Moses and together they explore the nature of power and impact of personalities on the peoples. Later, Moses arrives at the idea that the purpose of Creation is to make mankind a focused beacon and performer of God’s will.

The young Moses becomes then an army officer and participates in combat. During one of military encounters, he saves a merchant who had been captured earlier by Berbers. They become friends and travel sail together as fellow merchants along the Red Sea, venturing around Arabia and then eastward  to India, stopping in main seaports of the ancient world.

In India, Moses meets a young rajah Shrila Viasadeva who was to later write thousands of verses that became the foundation of Indian epic poems. The new-found friends discuss historical and philosophical aspects of their faiths and feast together. During a hunt, Moses hypnotizes a tigress instead of killing her.

Continuing his journey, Moses sails to Babylon where he gets married, has children and becomes immensely successful in business... Following the sudden death of his wife – he is forty years old now – Moses returns to his pursuits and goes back to Egypt to help his people gain their freedom and to resettle in Canaan according to the God's promise.

On the way, he learns about death of his adopted father, the next Pharaoh Eknaton I. Moses's friends, courtiers, and army officers, propose that he headed the plot to enthrone him. He refuses. Later when he saw that the Egyptian taskmaster beats a Hebrew slave he kills the Egyptian and flees escaping an execution. In his banishment, he becomes a shepherd, gets married again and rights the first book of the Torah (Genesis).

The second part of the novel begins from the meeting with God at the burning bush. Upon Exodus and receiving the Ten Commandments, Moses becomes a bearer of the God thought and travels through the time in God’s mind. He meets Biblical prophets, argues with Satan, converses with Jesus Christ and Mohammed, has parallel discourses with Einstein and Plank and watches the events of our century. Having reached the third millennia, he sees prospectively the grand plan of God and returns to his original time. With his newly obtained knowledge, he delivers his last speech (Deuteronomy) and remains forever in human memory.

About the Author

Victor L. Sherman was born in Moscow, Russia in 1931. Married, has two children and two grandchildren. In his working career in Russia, he progressed from workman to head of a research laboratory. His career as a philosopher and writer was greatly influenced by his meetings with Nobel Prize laureate Andrey Sakharov when the latter was an associate professor and Victor was a student. Another influence was the Bible. In 1975, he wrote an essay on privatization of Russia, thus pioneering this issue. Then he secretly brought the manuscript to America, published it, and began disseminating copies to the USSR. A few years later, privatization started there, and the Cold War ended. Did that essay help? In the USA he worked for several Companies as an engineer and wrote The Sixth Book of Moses, which is now being presented to readers.