A House Filled with Light: The Birth of Moses in Late Antique Contexts
In a homiletic cluster expounding upon the first two chapters of Exodus, Bavli Sotah 12a–b includes a tradition describing light filling the house upon Moses’s birth. While this appears to be a standard trope of the heroic nativity, this motif is uncommon. It is found only in Second Temple accounts...
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2024
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Journal of ancient Judaism
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-36 |
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