entities: ENT_ISR_MOSES

The core table — every entity in the database, spanning gods, angels, demons, aeons, prophets, saints, heroes, spirits, monsters, personified abstractions, cosmological realms, and ritual categories. Use category to filter by functional type (146 values: Underworld Deity, Hero, Adversarial Being, Revealer Figure, etc.). Use tradition to filter by tradition. The short_note column contains a scholarly description with source citations.

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entity_id canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_ISR_MOSES Moses   Israelite Prophet / Lawgiver Revealer Figure prophecy; lawgiver; Torah; Sinai; Exodus; divine face; burning bush       A           Paradigm Israelite prophet and lawgiver; Exodus 2 – Deuteronomy 34; leads the Exodus from Egypt; receives the Torah at Sinai (Exodus 19-20; 24:12-18; 34); mediates the covenant between Yahweh and Israel; the only figure in the Hebrew Bible described as knowing God "face to face" (Deuteronomy 34:10; cf. Exodus 33:11); his death on Mount Nebo before entering Canaan (Deuteronomy 34:1-8) and the detail that no one knows his burial place are early markers of his exceptional status; Numbers 12:6-8 establishes his prophetic superiority over all other prophets ("mouth to mouth I speak with him"); central to Judaism as Moshe Rabbenu (Moses our Teacher) and the paradigm lawgiver; appears with Elijah at the Transfiguration (Matthew 17:3); most frequently named prophet in the Quran (136 mentions as Musa), where he is the paradigm of prophetic confrontation with tyrant power (the Pharaoh/Fir'awn narrative); also central to Mandaean religion prophet

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