Jonathan (Judges)
Jonathan is a figure appearing in the account of
superscripted, which does not occur elsewhere in the Bible; the correct reading may be Moses (Hebrew: משה, Moshe), and Rashi and other sages suspected as much, arguing that the name was changed to Manasseh to avoid scandalising Moses.[2]
Indeed, Gershom, Jonathan's father's name, was also the name of a son of Moses.
References
- ^ Judges 18:30
- ^ Kol Chovevei Torah: Moshe's Unique Prophesy by Rabbi David Almog and Lisa Bennett Almog Archived 2007-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
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