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Jewish tradition considers Moses to be the greatest prophet who ever lived. [131] [134] Despite his importance, Judaism stresses that Moses was a human being, and is therefore not to be worshipped. [citation needed] Only God is worthy of worship in Judaism. [citation needed]
Moses (Arabic: موسى ابن عمران Mūsā ibn ʿImrān, lit. ' Moses, son of Amram ') [1] is a prominent prophet and messenger of God and is the most frequently mentioned individual in the Quran, with his name being mentioned 136 times and his life being narrated and recounted more than that of any other prophet.
Elisha – Prophet and wonder-worker in the Hebrew Bible; Micaiah – Biblical prophet, disciple of Elijah; Jonah – Biblical and Quranic prophet; Amos – Hebrew prophet; Hosea – Biblical character; Amoz – Father of Isaiah; Isaiah – Israelite prophet; Micah – Prophet in Judaism; Joel – Abrahamic prophet, author of the Book of Joel
Note that in Jewish scripture, Daniel is not considered a prophet and is not included among the prophetic books. [2] c. 520 BC–c. 411 BC [citation needed] prophecy of Haggiah, Zechariah, Joel(?) Return to the land under Persian rule, and writings of Ezra-Nehemiah Story of Esther. c. 433 BC [?] [citation needed]
As Renaissance Biblical scholarship developed, awareness that "horned" was a mistranslation gradually spread, [31] and the horns were dropped in art, often replaced by two bunches of rays of light, springing from the same parts of the head, Moses is depicted numerous times in the Life of Moses fresco cycle in the Sistine Chapel of 1481-82, all ...
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Moses (Deuteronomy 33:1; Joshua 14:6; Psalm 90:1; Ezra 3:2; 1 Chronicles 23:14; 2 Chronicles 30:16). Moses is the only person called “man of God” in the Torah. The angel of the Lord who appeared to Samson's mother (Judges 13:6, 8) whom she may have taken to be a prophet (Leviticus Rabbah 1:1)
This is in contrast to the Torah, which represents Moses as the greatest of all prophets, to whom the Lord made Himself known face to face (Deut. xxxiv. 10; comp. Num. xii. 7), and who, when descending Mount Sinai, had a beam of light coming off his face which so filled the people with awe that they could not look at him (Ex. xxxiv. 29); but ...