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Moses
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(Hebrew Mošæh, Greek Μω(υ)σῆς; Mō(y)sȇs).

[1] Israelite religious founder

[German version]

I. Biblical tradition

According to tradition, M. was a Levite who grew up as an Egyptian prince, was forced to flee to Midian, was called there by the god Yahweh to lead the enslaved Hebrew people out of Egypt; Biblical cultic and moral law were revealed to him on Mt. Sinai, and he led the Hebrew people through the desert to the edge of the Promised Land, where he died …

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Knauf, Ernst Axel (Berne), Ego, Beate (Osnabrück) and Rist, Josef (Würzburg), “Moses”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e810420>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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