Moses the God: The Apotheosis of Moses in the Blaze of Source-critical studies

Abstract

A covert power struggle behind the two stories on the call of Moses in Exod 4 and in Exod 7 explains the otherwise unparalleled elevation of Moses to the status of God and sheds some light on the circumstances in post-exilic Jerusalem.

Keywords

• Moses
• Exo 4:16
• Exo 7:1
• Priestly theology
• Deuteronomistic theology