Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Pharoah’s daughter finds baby Moses

  • Divine birth: The birth of Moses

     Moses was born in the year 2377 after the creation of the world. He was born circumcised, and was able to walk immediately after his birth; but according to another story he was circumcised on the eighth day after his birth. A peculiar and glorious light filled the entire house at his birth, indicating that…