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| '''Moses''' is the prophet of the Exodus — the liberator who, according to the Hebrew Bible, led the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage and received the Torah at Sinai.
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| == Liberation narrative ==
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| The Exodus story is the archetype of liberation theology: God hears the cry of the oppressed slaves, judges the tyrant Pharaoh, and constitutes a people through covenant. Its influence runs through:
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| * Jewish prophetic tradition's condemnation of exploitation (Amos, Isaiah)
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| * Christian liberation theology in Latin America
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| * Black American spirituals and the civil-rights movement ("Go Down Moses")
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| * Islamic reverence for Musa as the most-mentioned prophet in the Qur'an
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| == Marxist engagement ==
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| Marxists have read Exodus as a formative myth of revolutionary deliverance — with the caveats that covenant is with a chosen people rather than a class, and that Canaanite conquest complicates the liberatory reading. Michael Walzer's ''Exodus and Revolution'' traces its career in Western political thought.
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| In Infrared discourse, Moses belongs to the prophetic lineage culminating in Muhammad and finding political completion in communism (see [[Jesus Christ]], [[Abraham]], [[Communism is Islam]]).
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| == References ==
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| <references/>
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| [[Category:Religion]][[Category:Prophets]]
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