![]() Contrary to the impression that her one stanza sung at the sea ( Exod 15:1–18) is but an abridgement of the lengthy song attributed to Moses ( Exod 5:1–31), historical and literary studies show that the latter version is itself the Song of Miriam. She becomes thereby the archetype of the female prophetic tradition, even as Moses heads the male (compare Deut 34:10). Though the meaning of the term prophet is here indeterminate, Miriam is the first woman ever to bear it. Called “the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister,” she leads Hebrew women in singing, dancing, and playing drums. She first appears by name, however, in the crossing of the Red Sea ( Exod 15:20–21). Two genealogies listing Moses, Aaron, and Miriam as the sole children of Amram support the identification ( Num 26:59 1 Chr 6:3). Many commentators identify her as Miriam. ![]() Exodus 2:1–10 features an unnamed sister of Moses who helps deliver him at the Nile River.
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