Assumption of Moses
Jewish pseudepigraphical work possibly alluded to in Jude 1:9 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Assumption of Moses, also known as the Testament of Moses (Hebrew עליית משה), is a 1st-century Jewish apocryphal work. It purports to contain secret prophecies Moses revealed to Joshua before passing leadership of the Israelites to him. It is characterized as a "testament", meaning the final speech of a dying person, Moses.[1]
The text is thought to have been originally written in Hebrew or another Semitic language, and then translated to Koine Greek. The only surviving manuscript is a 6th-century Latin translation of the Greek text. The manuscript was incomplete, and the rest of the text is lost. From references in ancient works, it is thought that the missing text may have depicted a dispute over the body of Moses, between the archangel Michael and the devil.