RELIGST 2DD3 Lecture 3: Moses

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2DD3
• Professor: Janet Ross

Document Summary

Put in a baby arch and sent away watched by his sister. Pharaoh"s daughter finds moses and wants the child for her own. Pharaoh"s daughter names the baby moses: draw out. Moses (common name among egyptian leaders) & ra-mose: sun. Moses will draw the people out and will be a leader (hero archetype) Sees hebrew slave getting beat and kills the person beating slave. Not an exemplary figure embodies larger community he represents. Life to death & back to life; god of life and death (egyptian theology) Produce frogs but couldn"t take away the frogs. Someone is associated with the divine; manipulate storms, etc. Fire is almost always a sign of a deity. Allegiants of the israelites and the gods. Limited power of the human ruler (pharaoh) Slap in the face of sun god ra (highest god) Israelite deity higher and more powerful than the sun god. Moses: every first born of egypt will die .