Although Miriam was not Moses’ “little sister,” but his older ... first to consult the Bible, the foundational text of Judaism that every paytan or composer of piyyutim knew practically ...

Miriam and Aaron grumble against their brother Moses because he married “a Cushite woman.” My Bible says “Cushite” means she’s from Nubia or Ethiopia—African rather than Semitic.

While the Bible records few details about her life ... they were actually Yocheved and her daughter Miriam, Moses’ sister. Why was her alternate name Shiphrah? Because she would cleanse ...

“Some people say that the Bible doesn’t give enough place to women ... affects us.” Jocheved, mother of Moses, Aaron and Miriam, set the Passover story in motion by putting baby Moses in a basket in ...

But there's much more to Miriam's influence in Moses' life: "This is one of those stories in the Bible that you can see...you can feel it as it's unfolding," says Bream. For the full story of ...

Hebrew Bible professor Lisa Wilson Davison showcases ... For instance, in the passage where Miriam is punished with leprosy for challenging Moses (Num. 12:1–15), Davison wonders whether Miriam may ...

The second was Miriam, Yocheved’s daughter and Moses’ elder sister ... and Esther in the Bible to more modern religious figures like Sarah Schenirer and Nechama Leibowitz, to more secular ...

The Hebrew Bible has many strong female characters ... was Amram and that she had at least three children: Aaron, Miriam and Moses. We know nothing else about her life. This same lack of knowledge ...

Talmudic sages believed that Shifrah and Puah were actually Moses’s mother, Yocheved, and his older sister, Miriam (with Yocheved being Shifrah). But whether or not Yocheved was one of the ...