Moses: the biblical character, from Exodus to Sigmund Freud

Abstract

This article analyzes the figure of Moses that is not limited to actions performed in the books of the Pentateuch, although this is profoundly marked by his presence, since the stars until the end and identifies itself as its author. Already in the Middle Ages it is object of visual representation, such as the Moses of Master Mateo in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, appearing later in different pictorial images and reaching its climax with Michelangelo, 1515 which, since then, figure as the most prestigious of the Biblical character translation. The 20^th century, in turn, added two more roles to the figure of Moses: the mythical and the historical.