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Real Name |
Moses |
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First Appearance |
Hebrew Theology |
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Created by |
Hebrew Theology |
Origin[]
Moses was a Hebrew teacher and leader considered the most important prophet in Judaism and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. According to both the Bible and the Quran, Moses was the leader of the Israelites and lawgiver to whom the prophetic authorship of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) is attributed.
According to the Book of Exodus, Moses was born in a time when his people, the Israelites, an enslaved minority, were increasing in population and, as a result, the Egyptian Pharaoh worried that they might ally themselves with Egypt's enemies. Moses' Hebrew mother, Jochebed, secretly hid him when Pharaoh ordered all newborn Hebrew boys to be killed in order to reduce the population of the Israelites. Through Pharaoh's daughter, the child was adopted as a foundling from the Nile and grew up with the Egyptian royal family. After killing an Egyptian slave-master who was beating 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 elder 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 on Mount Nebo at the age of 120, within sight of the Promised Land.
Public Domain Literary Appearances[]
All published appearances of Moses before Januray 1, 1929 are in the public domain in the US.
Some notable appearances are listed below:
- The Torah
- The Bible
- The Quran
Public Domain Film Appearances[]
- The Ten Commandments (1923)
Public Domain Comics[]
- Treasure Chest of Fun & Fact #250, 377
- Tales from the Great Book #2, 4
- Moses and the Ten Commandments #1
- New Testament Heroes #1
- The Life of Joseph Visualized #1
- The Life of Christ Visualized #2-3
- The First Christmas (3D)