The Concept of Authority Authority must pre-exist freedom. Without a system of authority there is no freedom, personal or corporate. And arrogance and apostasy assail authority in every form. This remarkable verse indirectly declares that even in death Moses was significant. The great theologian, Mayor, maintained that the writer of the Assumption borrowed the story from Zechariah, rather than the opposite.
Conclusions vary, and there is no method to confirm the traditional story.
God has not seen fit to reveal more than what is now to be discussed. Such a narration is defined by the term hysteresis, often called historical hysteresis, which is when the Holy Spirit reveals further details previously not recorded. The parallel verse is found in Deut. So this was not a physical contest between angelic beings. And the Gr.