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Great and clear piece!
Interesting article attesting to the extraordinary life and leadership of Moses. However, there was one glaring omission throughout! Moses rescued from slavery and led to the Promised Land, not only Jews, but the Whole House of Israel! There were then and still are thirteen tribes of the Whole House of Israel, counting Joseph's two sons Ephraim and Manasseh as separate tribes as Father Jacob did.
Thank you. Had to be selective, writing an article not a book.
Nicely done. I find, however, one inconsistency: every name of the players in this story mentioned -- even, Pharoh -- is reasonably transliterated into English, except that of our hero. Why not Moshe in place of "Moses"? One short line of explanation would cover all questions. חג שמח!
Good question. Probably because in Egyptian there was no "sh" as in the Hebrew, and according to Philo and Josephus the name had Egyptian etymology, and in Greek the "sh" became an "s", so when it became English is retained the "s" instead of the "sh"
Surely you mean Sean Connery or Daniel Craig as Bond. Moore was a lightweight.
Moore was the coolest
Just one question, "sheik" was never used neither in the Torah or any Jewish talmud or mishna.There is no specific mention of a sheik during the time of Moses in the biblical or historical texts that discuss his life. The term "sheik" generally refers to the leader of an Arab tribe or community, and it is more commonly associated with Islamic culture, which arose many centuries after the time of Moses. Moses, a key figure in the religious texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, lived in ancient Egypt and is associated with the Exodus of the Israelites, which is traditionally dated between the 16th and 13th centuries BCE. The use of the title "sheik" in connection with Moses or his contemporaries is thus anachronistic and not supported by historical evidence.
He is called a Cohen Midian in the Hebrew. Lekach Tov and Onkelos translate that as "leader' or "great one". Others translate as "priest" in the Mekhilta on 18:1, both opinions are mentioned. See also Living Torah, Aryeh Kaplan, Exodus 2:16. Your point is however well said, and sheik is anachronistic, but I think flows well in the text. Thanks for your interest and comment
I saw a few minutes of it. I stopped because of the inaccuracy of the fact that in the film Moses does not know that he was a Hebrew born child. They portrayed that he was surprised to learn that. It is Not true!. He knew that all along. Please refer to the Tanach The Torah (Stone Edition) Exodus 2:11-15
Robert - Not only Netflix - but MANY DOCUMENTARIES on TV - which purport to be based on the bible - have portrayed us as a small band of slaves - who'd escaped Egypt - gathered together somewhere in the desert - & fabricated a PLAUSIBLE STORY to tell the peoples they came to. Another VERY GRAPHIC TV Documentary story - portrays us as a VICIOUS BAND OF BLOOD THIRSTY MARAUDING WARRIORS - LED BY JOSHUA - WHO WERE KILLING PREGNANT WOMEN & CHILDREN - as we passed through different lands. UNFORTUNATELY - the uneducated - or already biased public - buys off as authentic - these documentaries.
They don't bother to inform the public that - in the G-D's Written Torah - we only went to war - at/on the command of G-D.
So why have the Nunnery or Monastery been build on Mount Sinai?
Because of the revelation happening on Mount Sinai. Not related to the death of Moses, but to the revelation of God to Moses
Wonderful article. Bravo! A must read.
Thank you
Great article. I did watch this series but was disturbed that they kept saying 'Yahweh' for Gd. Isn't that the name we don't know how to pronounce because only the high priests used it? Made me think this series would have more of a Xtian slant but I watched it any way. Made me go look in the Torah for some things I didn't remember reading about.
as you know G-D has a few names including YAH. Check Book of Psalms/Tehillim #68 which denotes the Creator and Sustainer of the universe.
It is surely ours!
In the late middle ages YAHWEH( Exodus 3:13-15), came to be Jehovah changed by Christians.
The point Yaffa made is that Jews do not say the name of God, do not pronounce the name represented in the Tetragrammaton, YHWH. Jews say the word "HaShem", which means "The Name".