Moses
Moses (Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה, Moshe Mōšéh Moše ; Arabic: موسى Mūsā ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed. Also called Moshe Rabbenu in Hebrew (מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ, Lit. "Moses our Teacher/Rabbi"), he is the most important prophet in Judaism, and is also considered an important prophet in Christianity and Islam, as well as a number of other faiths.
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Famous quotes containing the word moses:
“You’re in a hopped-up, show-off stage. Get off it! Don’t be Moses leading your lunatics to the Pulitzer Prize!”
—Samuel Fuller (b. 1911)
“And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 3:6.
“To doubt the end were want of trust in God,
Who, if he has decreed
That we must pass a redder sea
Than that which rang to Miriam’s holy glee,
Will surely raise at need
A Moses with his rod!”
—Henry Timrod (1828–1867)