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There is a wealth of stories and additional information about Moses in the Jewish genre of<br />

rabbinical exegesis known as Midrash, as well as in the primary works of the Jewish oral law, the<br />

Mishnah and the Talmud. [53]<br />

Jewish historians who lived at Alexandria, such as Eupolemus, attributed to Moses the feat of<br />

having taught the Phoenicians their alphabet, [54] similar to legends of Thoth. Artapanus of<br />

Alexandria explicitly identified Moses not only with Thoth / Hermes, but also with the Greek<br />

figure Musaeus (whom he calls "the teacher of Orpheus"), and ascribed to him the division of<br />

Egypt into 36 districts, each with its own liturgy. He names the princess who adopted Moses as<br />

Merris, wife of Pharaoh Chenephres. [55]<br />

To Orthodox Jews, Moses is really Moshe Rabbenu, `Eved HaShem, Avi haNeviim zya"a. [53] He is<br />

called "Our Leader Moshe", "Servant of God", and "Father of all the Prophets". [53] In their view,<br />

Moses not only received the Torah, but also the revealed (written and oral) and the hidden (the<br />

`hokhmat nistar teachings, which gave Judaism the Zohar of the Rashbi, the Torah of the Ari<br />

haQadosh and all that is discussed in the Heavenly Yeshiva between the Ramhal and his<br />

masters). [53] He is also considered the greatest prophet. [56]<br />

Arising in part from his age, but also because 120 is elsewhere stated as the maximum age for<br />

Noah's descendants (one interpretation of Genesis 6:3), "may you live to 120" has become a<br />

common blessing among Jews. [53]<br />

Moses in Christian thought<br />

Moses<br />

An 11th century AD depiction of Moses receiving the Law<br />

before the Burning bush<br />

Born<br />

Prophet, Seer, Lawgiver<br />

Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt [citation needed] ,<br />

Goshen, Egypt<br />

Died Mount Nebo, Moab, in modern Jordan<br />

Venerated in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy<br />

Feast September 4

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