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Sunday, February 23, 2020

Were Miriam, Aaron, and Moses originally siblings?

PROF. MARK LEUCHTER & DR. RABBI ZEV FARBER: Pre-Biblical Aaron, Miriam, and Moses (TheTorah.com).
In the Torah, Aaron, Miriam, and Moses are siblings; Aaron is the biological ancestor of all priests, Moses is the redeemer of Israel from Egypt, and Miriam, their sister, leads the Israelite women in song. But what can we reconstruct about who these ancient figures may have been?

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