Jones, Joyce Stokes; Galvin, Michele Jones (1999–2012). Beyond the Underground: Aunt Harriet, Moses of Her People. Sankofa Media. ISBN 9780989575508. Moses has traditionally been regarded as the author of those four books and the Book of Genesis, which together comprise the Torah, the first section of the Hebrew Bible. [61] Historicity

To Orthodox Jews, Moses is called Moshe Rabbenu, 'Eved HaShem, Avi haNeviim zya"a: "Our Leader Moshe, Servant of God, Father of all the Prophets (may his merit shield us, amen)". In the orthodox view, Moses received not only the Torah, but also the revealed (written and oral) and the hidden (the 'hokhmat nistar) teachings, which gave Judaism the Zohar of the Rashbi, the Torah of the Ari haQadosh and all that is discussed in the Heavenly Yeshiva between the Ramhal and his masters. [ citation needed] Görg, Manfred (2000). "Mose – Name und Namensträger. Versuch einer historischen Annäherung". In Otto, E. (ed.). Mose. Ägypten und das Alte Testament (in German). Stuttgart: Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk. Moses is mentioned more in the Quran than any other individual and his life is narrated and recounted more than that of any other Islamic prophet. [156] Islamically, Moses is described in ways which parallel the Islamic prophet Muhammad. [157] Like Muhammad, Moses is defined in the Quran as both prophet ( nabi) and messenger ( rasul), the latter term indicating that he was one of those prophets who brought a book and law to his people. [158] [159] Maqam El-Nabi Musa, Jericho King, Martin Luther Jr. (2000) [1957, 1968]. The Papers. University of California Press. p.155. I want to preach this morning from the subject, 'The Birth of a New Nation' And I would like to use as a basis for our thinking together, a story that has long since been stenciled on the mental sheets of succeeding generations. It is the story of the Exodus, the story of the flight of the Hebrew people from the bondage of Egypt, through the wilderness and finally, to the Promised Land. ... The struggle of Moses, the struggle of his devoted followers as they sought to get out of Egypt. Smend, Rudolf (1995). "Mose als geschichtliche Gestalt"[Moses as historical figure] (PDF). Historische Zeitschrift. 260: 1–19. doi: 10.1524/hzhz.1995.260.jg.1. S2CID 164459862.The Septuagint, the Greek version of the Hebrew Bible, impressed the pagan author of the famous classical book of literary criticism, On the Sublime, traditionally attributed to Longinus. The date of composition is unknown, but it is commonly assigned to the late 1st century C.E. [120]

Cournos, John (July 26, 1942). "Moses Reconstructed; All the Trumpets Sounded. By W. G. Hardy". The New York Times . Retrieved 2019-12-22.Britt, Brian (2004). "The Moses Myth, Beyond Biblical History". The Bible and Interpretation. University of Arizona. Moore, Megan Bishop; Kelle, Brad E. (2011-05-17). Biblical History and Israel's Past: The Changing Study of the Bible and History. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. pp.92–93. ISBN 978-0-8028-6260-0. ...no extrabiblical source point clearly to Moses,... Van Seters, John (2004), "Moses", in Barton, John (ed.), The Biblical World, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 978-0-415-35091-4

Dodson, Aidan (2010). Poisoned Legacy: The Fall of the 19th Egyptian Dynasty. American University in Cairo Press. p.72. ISBN 978-1-61797-071-9. Moses [note 1] ( / ˈ m oʊ z ɪ z, - z ɪ s/) [2] is considered the most important prophet in Judaism [3] [4] and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, the Druze faith, [5] [6] the Baháʼí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. According to both the Bible and the Quran, [7] Moses was the leader of the Israelites and lawgiver to whom the authorship, or "acquisition from heaven", of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible) is attributed. [8]Sandmel, Samuel (1973), Alone Atop the Mountain, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, ISBN 978-0-385-03877-5 . Killebrew, Ann E. (2020). "Early Israel's Origins, Settlement, and Ethnogenesis". In Kelle, Brad E.; Strawn, Brent A. (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of the Historical Books of the Hebrew Bible. Oxford University Press. p.86. ISBN 978-0-19-007411-1.