Was Moses from the Bible white?

There is discussion about the circumstances of this marriage and about the meaning of 'Cushite' in this verse, but most Bible scholars believe Moses married a black ... But as skin colour is not an important issue to God, it is never explicitly mentioned in the Bible whether someone is black, brown, or white. read more

Not at all. Moses was an Israelite child descended from Abraham (a Pheonecian “black” man) raised as an Egyptian in a land full of darker complexion people. Moses was a Hebrew/Israelite. All of the 12 tribes of Abraham’s grandson Jacob/Israel were and still are “black” by white society’s definition. read more

If the Bible was a Eurocentric book, I highly doubt that the story of Moses would include him having a black wife. It is this same wife that Miriam was punished for criticizing: “And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. read more

But this conclusion ignores the complex role Moses has played in American history and culture. As any student of American religious activism can attest, when it comes to public discourse in the United States, the title of “American Moses” is not owned by white people. read more