Moses | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-14

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Moses


00:02:06 1 Name
00:04:12 2 Biblical narrative
00:04:21 2.1 Prophet and deliverer of Israel
00:09:01 2.2 Lawgiver of Israel
00:09:56 3 Historicity
00:14:17 4 Moses in Hellenistic literature
00:15:39 4.1 In Hecataeus
00:16:47 4.2 In Artapanus
00:18:43 4.3 In Strabo
00:21:00 4.4 In Tacitus
00:22:15 4.5 In Longinus
00:23:18 4.6 In Josephus
00:25:09 4.7 In Numenius
00:26:03 4.8 In Justin Martyr
00:26:52 5 Abrahamic religions
00:27:01 5.1 Judaism
00:30:04 5.2 Christianity
00:32:19 5.2.1 Mormonism
00:33:16 5.3 Islam
00:35:50 5.4 Baha'i Faith
00:37:42 6 Legacy in politics and law
00:38:52 6.1 American history
00:39:00 6.1.1 Pilgrims
00:40:32 6.1.2 Founding Fathers of the United States
00:42:31 6.1.3 Slavery and civil rights
00:43:46 7 Cultural portrayals and references
00:49:15 7.1 Criticism of Moses
00:51:55 8 See also



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Moses () was a prophet in the Abrahamic religions, according to their holy books; however, scholarly consensus sees Moses as a legendary figure and not a historical person. According to the Hebrew Bible, he was adopted by an Egyptian princess, and later in life became the leader of the Israelites and lawgiver, to whom the authorship of the Torah, or acquisition of the Torah from Heaven is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbenu in Hebrew (מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ, lit. "Moses our Teacher"), he is the most important prophet in Judaism. He is also an important prophet in Christianity, Islam, the Bahá'í Faith, and a number of other Abrahamic religions.
According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was born in a time when his people, the Israelites, an enslaved minority, were increasing in numbers and the Egyptian Pharaoh was worried that they might ally themselves with Egypt's enemies. Moses' Hebrew mother, Jochebed, secretly hid him when the Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed in order to reduce the population of the Israelites. Through the Pharaoh's daughter (identified as Queen Bithia in the Midrash), the child was adopted as a foundling from the Nile river and grew up with the Egyptian royal family. After killing an Egyptian slavemaster (because the slavemaster was smiting a Hebrew), Moses fled across the Red Sea to Midian, where he encountered The Angel of the Lord, speaking to him from within a burning bush on Mount Horeb (which he regarded as the Mountain of God).
God sent Moses back to Egypt to demand the release of the Israelites from slavery. Moses said that he could not speak eloquently, so God allowed Aaron, his brother, to become his spokesperson. After the Ten Plagues, Moses led the Exodus of the Israelites out of Egypt and across the Red Sea, after which they based themselves at Mount Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments. After 40 years of wandering in the desert, Moses died within sight of the Promised Land on Mount Nebo.
Jerome gives 1592 BCE, and James Ussher 1571 BCE as Moses' birth year. In the Book of Deuteronomy, Moses was called "the man of God".