8 passagesc. 1st century CELatin (6th-c. palimpsest, from Greek, from a Hebrew/Aramaic original)unknown
Individual passages from The Assumption of Moses, indexed for close reading, source verification, and myth source-checking.
The surviving manuscript breaks off before the end, yet the ancient sources preserve the scene the book was building toward. When Moses dies on the mountain, the angel Michael, the...
In the final year of his life, Moses gathers Joshua son of Nun close and lays the weight of leadership on his shoulders. Joshua is named the one approved by God, set to serve both ...
Moses speaks of himself as no accident of history. He was created and shaped before the world was founded, prepared in advance for one purpose, to stand as the go-between of God's ...
At the close of his prophecy Moses lifts his eyes past every disaster he has foretold and sings of the day all of it ends. On that day God's reign breaks open across the whole of c...
The hymn paints the day God Himself stands up. The Heavenly One rises from His royal throne and strides out from His holy dwelling, burning with anger on behalf of His children. Th...
The hymn insists on a striking point. The Most High will arise, the Eternal God alone, with no champion or middleman beside Him. He comes in person to set things right, to bring th...
When Joshua hears that Moses is truly leaving, he tears his clothes and throws himself at the prophet's feet. Moses bends down, comforts him, and weeps along with him. Then Joshua ...
Joshua's deepest fear is not military. It is spiritual. Once Moses is gone, who will stand in the gap when Israel sins? The Amorite kings, he frets, will grow bold the moment they ...
