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Moses as Midwife: What the Exodus Birth Story Teaches about Motherhood and Christ

TitleMoses as Midwife: What the Exodus Birth Story Teaches about Motherhood and Christ
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2023
AuthorsTilton, Becky Holderness
JournalInterpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
Volume57
Pagination209–218
KeywordsAtonement; Exodus (Book); Moses (Prophet); Motherhood; Passover; Redemption
Abstract

This work explores an alternative interpretation of the Exodus narrative as a metaphor for childbirth. Gleaning from Old Testament and Judaic sources, we find rich female birth and salvific imagery in the saga of the migration of the children of Israel and the Passover itself. This perspective of sacred childbirth, when coupled with traditional Christian interpretations of the first Passover, ultimately paints an enhanced picture of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
URLhttps://journal.interpreterfoundation.org/moses-as-midwife-what-the-exodus-birth-story-teaches-about-motherhood-and-christ/

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