Distribution of Fenitized Crustal Xenoliths in Carbonatite Intrusions, West-Central Arkansas

Crustal xenoliths from carbonatite intrusions in the Morrilton-Perryville Arkansas area display a variety of mineralogical and textural features that suggest that they are fragments of basement crystalline rock that has undergone sodic metasomatism resulting from their close proximity at depth to a carbonatite complex. With increasing degrees of fenitization, the leucocratic xenoliths range from granolite - syenite - analcite syenite, while the melanocratic xenoliths range from hornblende - biotite to aegerine-apatite. A definite increase in fenitization is observed from Morrilton in the north to Brazil Branch, 16.8 km to the south. Fenitized xenoliths from Brazil Branch are generally quite small (0.5 cm - 1.0 cm) and contain a substantial amount of analcite. At Morrilton Lock and Dam, the fenitized xenoliths are very large (1.0 cm - 2.5 cm), and granolites are common. The xenoliths at Oppello Dump are intermediate in both size and mineralogical character. This area is therefore interpreted as a single alkalic - carbonatitic complex at depth, with its center near the southern extremity of the sampled area

Portraits of Moses

What about different portraits of Moses? What can be said about how Moses is portrayed in the book of Exodus? How does that compare with modern retellings of the life of this great man of God? We will explore some of these issues here. We will begin with modern critical approaches to the text of Exodus. These approaches yield a certain picture or pictures of the man called Moses. Then the text of Exodus as it stands in the canon will be examined. It will yield its own portrayal of Moses. It will be argued here that the portrait of Moses is so broad that he can only be characterized as the servant of Yahweh. Once the examination of the evidence in the text is completed, different biographies of Moses will be considered. Conclusions regarding an historical Moses will be examined. Finally, the film The Prince of Egypt will be examined in light of the results of this study