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Like the argument over the race of Jesus, there has been a lesser argument in religious circles over the ethnicity of Moses' wife Zipporah. I was watching the Prince of Egypt was just started thinking about it for some reason. Then, I ran across this web page...
In the Bible, she's variously described as Midianite and Cushite (Kushite). Daughter of High Priest of Midian, Jethro...but some people say since bigamy was allowed back then, some say it was two different wives...and the Cushitic one is simply unnamed. I'd like to get some other's opinion on this.
alTakruri Member # 10195
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Kushi in this case means a darker skinned person not a member of the political entity Kush (ancient "Sudan").
And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
Nice Vidadavida *sigh* Member # 13372
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quote:Originally posted by Djehuti: ^ But to you Osiris did exist, and Cyrus was somehow a Biblical archetype of "Christ" figure as you put it?!!
What kind of weird non sequitor is that? What I believe and what I know are two different things. What is the big deal?
alTakruri Member # 10195
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Of course the word is Kushi. Precisely its feminine variant with definite article prefixed. הַכֻּשִׁית haKuSHiYTH Literally, "the Kush female."
Remember the "Bible" you so readily quote from was written in Hebrew not English.
Mechon Mamre provided you with the Hebrew. Are you experiencing a little difficulty finding the actual word used in that language?
Sorry to contribute Hebrew literacy to your thread. I presume you already have formed an opinion on the question you proposed and only seek confirmation? If so forgive my intrusion.
Kaplan translation:
quote: Miriam and Aaron began speaking against Moses because of the dark-skinned woman he had married. The woman that [Moses] had married was indeed dark-skinned.
Tzipporah was a dark-skinned Midianite (Ibn Ezra; Radak, Sherashim).
Kushite in Hebrew, literally Ethiopian (cf. Targum Yonathan; Rashbam; Septuagint).
It is from here that the tradition is derived that after he escaped from Egypt, Moses was a ruler in Ethiopia, and married an Ethiopian princess (Rashbam; Sefer HaYashar; Divrey Yamim DeMoshe; Yalkut Shimoni 168; Rashbam; Josephus, Antiquities 2:10:2).
Or, 'a beautiful wife' (Targum; Saadia; Rashi; HaKethav VeHaKabbalah);
or, 'a distinguished wife' (Rashi).
Which is partially why I wrote: "The incident involving Moses' wife also shows an Arabian Cush. In Exodus Moses only has one wife, Zipporah the Midianite. Miriam calls her a Cushite. The extra-Biblical Ethiopian wife does not travel with Israel in Sinai. Extra-biblical sources do not present her as ever leaving Ethiopia. So Miriam's Cushite is evidently also a Midianite and so Habakkuk 3:7 grouping Cushan with Midian."
quote:Originally posted by King_Scorpion:
quote:Originally posted by alTakruri: Kushi in this case means a darker skinned person not a member of the political entity Kush (ancient "Sudan").
And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.
Djehuti Member # 6698
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Good explanation, Takruri. It's always good to go back to the actual source-- the Bible in it's original Hebrew form.
Djehuti Member # 6698
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quote:Originally posted by Nice Vidadavida *sigh*:
quote:Originally posted by Djehuti: ^ But to you Osiris did exist, and Cyrus was somehow a Biblical archetype of "Christ" figure as you put it?!!
What kind of weird non sequitor is that? What I believe and what I know are two different things. What is the big deal?
It is not a non sequitor so much as repetition to what you have been saying. To be honest, I don't know what you believe or know, hence the confusion! Frankly both, seem to be based on some inaccuracy as seen for example in your whole debaucle about 'race'.
King_Scorpion Member # 4818
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quote:Originally posted by alTakruri: Of course the word is Kushi. Precisely its feminine variant with definite article prefixed. הַכֻּשִׁית haKuSHiYTH Literally, "the Kush female."
Remember the "Bible" you so readily quote from was written in Hebrew not English.
Mechon Mamre provided you with the Hebrew. Are you experiencing a little difficulty finding the actual word used in that language?
Sorry to contribute Hebrew literacy to your thread. I presume you already have formed an opinion on the question you proposed and only seek confirmation? If so forgive my intrusion.
Kaplan translation:
quote: Miriam and Aaron began speaking against Moses because of the dark-skinned woman he had married. The woman that [Moses] had married was indeed dark-skinned.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">It is from here that the tradition is derived that after he escaped from Egypt, Moses was a ruler in Ethiopia, and married an Ethiopian princess (Rashbam; Sefer HaYashar; Divrey Yamim DeMoshe; Yalkut Shimoni 168; Rashbam; Josephus, Antiquities 2:10:2).
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Or, 'a beautiful wife' (Targum; Saadia; Rashi; HaKethav VeHaKabbalah);
or, 'a distinguished wife' (Rashi).
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Which is partially why I wrote: "The incident involving Moses' wife also shows an Arabian Cush. In Exodus Moses only has one wife, Zipporah the Midianite. Miriam calls her a Cushite. The extra-Biblical Ethiopian wife does not travel with Israel in Sinai. Extra-biblical sources do not present her as ever leaving Ethiopia. So Miriam's Cushite is evidently also a Midianite and so Habakkuk 3:7 grouping Cushan with Midian."
quote:Originally posted by King_Scorpion:
quote:Originally posted by alTakruri: Kushi in this case means a darker skinned person not a member of the political entity Kush (ancient "Sudan").