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  • From: Brian Roberts <formoria AT carolina.rr.com>
  • To: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.ac.il>
  • Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Moses
  • Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 11:49:51 -0400

Sargon was a future ruler. Moses had what we all agree was likely an Egyptian name. Exodus says he was raised by the Pharaonic family. I don't know baby Moses was considered a future ruler. It is simply a suggestion, a glorified rumination, if you will. :)


On Friday, July 30, 2004, at 12:24 PM, Jonathan D. Safren wrote:


How do you know that baby Moses, or baby Sargon, was considered "a future
ruler"? Anyway, risking the future ruler's life is not a very good way to
ensure his future. It is much more likely that this is a literary motif
that
was used in various ANE literary works, including Exodus.


Also in Oedipus Rex and Snow white.
See the article on the literary motif of the abandoned child in VT 17
(1967).
Jonathan D. Safren, Editor
Mo'ed - Annual for Jewish Studies
Center for Jewish Culture
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