Moses the Black
Also: Moses the Ethiopian, Moses the Robber
Born perhaps between 330 and 332; the place is not known. Died probably between 405 and 407, probably in Scetis (now Wadi El Natrun, Egypt).
Former slave and robber who became a monk and priest at Scetis.
Wrote in Coptic.
Places lived
- until 407Scetis (now Wadi El Natrun, Egypt)priestyears probable, place probable
Works
1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.
Filed here, not written by Moses the Black
These texts are about this person, hold what this person said, or carry this name without good reason. Each page says which.
- Sayings of Moses the Black about or from this personSayings and short stories of Moses the Black, taken from the Sayings of the Desert Fathers.1,426 words
How we know the dates and places
- Born not sure
- Palladius, Lausiac History 19: died aged 75; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_the_Black
- Place of birth not known
- Palladius, Lausiac History 19 calls him an Ethiopian by race; no town
- Died probable
- Apophthegmata Patrum, alphabetical collection (English: B. Ward, Sayings of the Desert Fathers, 1975), Moses 10: killed in the first raid on Scetis; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_the_Black
- Place of death probable
- Apophthegmata Patrum, alphabetical collection (English: B. Ward, Sayings of the Desert Fathers, 1975), Moses 10; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727232
- Scetis, years probable
- Palladius, Lausiac History 19; Apophthegmata Patrum, alphabetical collection (English: B. Ward, Sayings of the Desert Fathers, 1975), Moses
- Scetis, place probable
- Palladius, Lausiac History 19; site: Pleiades https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727232