Personalities · 17 · Moses and Joshua
Was Moses an Egyptian?
Ancient historians like Manetho and Strabo, and modern authors like Freud and Thomas Mann, suggested Moses was Egyptian. Others propose he was Midianite.
His origins remain obscure.
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Whatever his background, the birth story insists he was a son of the people he led.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 274
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