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Moses restores keys of gathering.
Joseph in Egypt promised that Moses would free his people. Name and some circumstances given.
- Josephus, Antiquities, 2.9.2-4.8.49
From the prophecy of Moses's birth to his non-death.
- The Dead Sea Scrolls, 4Q545, Frag. 4
Some comments by an angel on Moses's holy calling.
Moses prophecies of Christ as a prophet that shall be raised up like unto himself.
- Enoch 89:15-17,30-36
Enoch sees Moses in a dream represented symbolicly.
Notes
According to Josephus the name, "Moses", refers to one who is saved by water. This is working from the root "Mo" meaning "water". (I'm not sure about "ses" in Egyptian, but m-w does mean "water" in Middle Egyptian.)
Conversely "Mosis" is a well attested name suffix in Egyptian, having the meaning of "son of". I have also seen this translated as "boy child" and I presume that it is related to the Egyptian m-s, which means child.
My thought then is that this would suggest that "Moses" could be translated as "son", "a son", or "the son", which would make him a Christ figure. Of course, Moses already is a known Christ figure.