Sublime

What language did Moses and the people who followed him out of Egypt speak?

Moses’s actions on behalf of the Midianites are described with the same word as God’s actions on behalf of the Israelites. The point is subtle but unmistakable: in siding with the oppressed and resisting injustice, we emulate God.

what made Muhammad unique was his claim to be “the Messenger of God.” He even went so far as to identify himself repeatedly with the Jewish and Christian prophets and messengers who had come before him, particularly with Abraham, whom all Meccans—pagan or otherwise—regarded as a divinely inspired prophet. Put simply, the difference between Muhammad

through which he is best known to tradition: Moshe Rabbenu, the leader as teacher. Leadership is not a gift with which we are endowed at birth. It is something we acquire in the course of time, often after many setbacks, failures, and disappointments.

Islam preaches the continual self-revelation of God from Adam down to all the prophets who have ever existed in all religions. These prophets are called nabis in Arabic, and they have been chosen to relay God’s divine message to all humanity. But sometimes a nabi is given the extra burden of handing down sacred texts: Moses, who revealed the Torah;

If Moses was not a monotheist, what can we say about his successor, Joshua?

Moses is to act as a mediator between the people and the Elohim; – he shall represent the people’s interests before the Elohim; – shall transmit to the people the laws and ordinances; – shall select from among the people righteous men who fear the Elohim and appoint them leaders of groups of various sizes (thousands, hundreds, the fifties, and