Moses Outside the Torah and the Construction of a Diaspora Identity

This article deals with how, in texts inside and outside the Torah, Moses became a figure of identification for the different Jewish Diasporas during the Persian Period  The following themes are investigated: 1. The Shared Figure of Moses and the Pentateuch; 2. The death of Moses outside the land; 3...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thomas Römer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta Library 2008-12-01
Series:Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
Online Access:https://jhsonline.org/index.php/jhs/article/view/6213