ABSTRACT
The figure of Moses is supremely valuable as an inexhaustible source of inspiration; more so than the various literary interpretations that exist of him. Every aspect of the story of Moses is enigmatic, despite the fact that it is written that God speaks with him plainly, 'mouth to mouth' and not in riddles or 'dark speeches'. The Freudian theme of Moses as an Egyptian, who was murdered by the People of Israel, is certainly present in the Jewish tradition, but it has symbolic connotations which are at odds with Freud's apparent thesis. Before undertaking his final task, to summarize for the People of Israel their imprescriptible duties and the foundations and conditions of their existence, Moses recalls that he beseeched the Lord to allow him to enter the Promised Land but that the Lord was wroth with him for his sakes, and would not hear me.
