![]() ![]() Moses decides to go back to Egypt and demand the release of his people. He reads from it and learns about his past and divine truths. Later on, he travels to Koptos where he kills a dragon that guards the Book of Thoth. After learning the art of magic from him, Moses marries his daughter Zipporah. Jethro is also a powerful magician and teaches magic to Moses. In Midian, Moses meets Jethro, a priest who believes in one God. Word gets out that Moses is actually a Hebrew, so he goes into exile across the Red Sea to Midian. One day, he sees an Egyptian beating a Hebrew and kills him in self-defense. Moses begins to advocate for a better life for the Hebrews. He becomes a respected military leader and is expected to succeed his adoptive father as pharaoh. ![]() She places him in a basket by the river and he’s rescued by the daughter of the pharaoh. In the novel, Moses is born to a Hebrew woman who tries to hide him from Egyptian soldiers. Although Zora Neale Hurston based her powerful figure on her father, she did not write about him as he was during Reconstruction-as a leader who didn’t take advantage of his position. In addition, there are references to Hitler’s rise to power and criticism of Nazi ideology. The book is about slavery and how it compares to black slavery in America. It tells the story of Moses from an African American point of view. Zora Neale Hurston wrote a novel in 1939 called Moses, Man of the Mountain. ![]()
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