Testament - Story of Moses
- https://www.netflix.com/watch/81368146
- of Moses
- Shown as a hybrid documentary - dramatized scenes mixed with commentary from experts
- Moses was deeply flawed; adopted child; person with criminal record; homeless for part of his life
- his failures teaches us as much as about achievements
- God specializes in taking broken things (flawed humans) and not just fixing them but repurposing them for even greater things
- burning bush allegorically means that the Jews were burned but not consumed; they are still surviving - Philo
- God's name is a verb;
- Midwives disobey the orders of the most powerful man on the earth at that time; it was the first recorded civil disobedience
- Human redemption starts when people bravely stand up to do something for someone else
- https://www.chaimbentorah.com/2021/11/hebrew-word-study-ark-tevah-תבה/ - tevah = Noah's ark as well as the basket in which Moses escapes
- "Let my people go" has a direct impact on the economy of Egyptians;