Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-196) and indexes.

Preliminary Material / Jonathan Cohen -- Introduction / Jonathan Cohen -- The Moses Nativity Story in the Bible / Jonathan Cohen -- The Moses Nativity Story in Post-Biblical Sources / Jonathan Cohen -- The Midrash / Jonathan Cohen -- The Asatir / Jonathan Cohen -- Notes on Rashi's Commentary / Jonathan Cohen -- Christian Sources / Jonathan Cohen -- The Tidings to the Shepherds (Luke 2:6–20) / Jonathan Cohen -- Notes on Ibn Ezra's Short and Long Commentaries / Jonathan Cohen -- The Asatir / Jonathan Cohen -- List of Abbreviations / Jonathan Cohen -- Bibliography / Jonathan Cohen -- Index / Jonathan Cohen -- Studies in the History of Religions Numen Bookseries / Jonathan Cohen.

This book traces the development of the Moses nativity story from pre-Biblical sources through its Biblical formulation, and continues to trace its evolution in post-Biblical literature, from the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and Jewish Hellenistic writings, through Rabbinic literature, and up to Medieval Jewish exegesis. Influence of the Moses nativity story is also detected in Christian writings: hence this book also traces the evolution of the story in the New Testament and early Christian works. This study uses a literary-typological approach, similar to that of the Gunkel-Gressmann school and the method used by Loewenstamm. However, unlike these scholars and their disciples, who focused primarily on the biblical stage, this book gives equal attention to all stages of the evolution of the birth story pattern; and, while providing a detailed analysis of each work, also focuses on continuity, tracing the path along which the literary pattern of the Moses nativity story developed.