v_public_revealer_figures: 92
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| rowid | entity_id | canonical_name | tradition | category | primary_domains | short_note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | ENT_ISR_MOSES | Moses | Israelite | Revealer Figure | prophecy; lawgiver; Torah; Sinai; Exodus; divine face; burning bush | 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 |