Moses

Moses The Book of Exodus is considered to be an epic poem as by definition. An epic poem as defined by Funk and Wagnalls is a poem celebrating in stately, formal verse the achievements of heroes, gods, and demigods (426). The Book of Exodus as well as the entire Bible was written in the form of an epic poem. Major characteristics of epic poems are that there is always a heroic figure. Moses is indeed comparable to Odysseus, the heroic figure in the Odyssey. Although both men had different purposes they are still considered comparable according to the definition of an epic. Like Odysseus, Moses was at one with the gods. In Moses\' case it was only one almighty god. Moses had a special covenant with God. It was as if Moses was Gods\' body on earth. Moses spoke Gods\' words and acted upon his request. Moses possessed many characteristics that made him a great man. In the Exodus there were many examples where Moses showed his great wisdom. He also possessed somewhat magical power given to him by God. He also had a divine purpose in life. Moses was on a “mission from god” so to speak to deliver his people moses, god, very, exodus, epic, poem, man, unto, said, people, out, odysseus, lord, heroes, egypt, words, thou, speak, poems, one, journey, israel, gods, definition, children, characteristics, both, book, among, time, spoke, special, similar, odyssey, mouth