Moses, Man of the Mountain (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Zora Neale Hurston
- First Published: 1939
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Allegory
- Time of Work: Biblical times
- Setting: Egypt
- Principal Characters: Moses, Aaron, Miriam, The Pharaoh, Ta-Phar, Jethro, Zipporah, Amram, Jochebed, Mentu, Joshua
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: African Americans
- Locales: Egypt
The Novel
Set in Egypt during the time of the Hebrew captivity, Moses, Man of the Mountain opens before Moses’ birth. The pharaoh had decreed that all male Hebrew newborns would be put to death. When Jochebed gives birth to a third child, a boy, the family hides him for three months from the secret police. After several experiences when the baby is almost discovered, the parents put him in a basket and set him adrift on the Nile.
Miriam, Jochebed’s daughter, is supposed to watch the basket and report the baby’s fate to her parents. She falls asleep, and when...
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