c. AD 97

J. Ap. 1.286

Against Apion 1.286

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

Against Apion

1.286

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

286Nor indeed is that other notion of Manetho at all probable, wherein he relates the change of his name, and says, that “he was formerly called Osarsiph;” and this a name no way agreeable to the other, while his true name was Moüses, and signifies a person who is preserved out of the water, for the Egyptians call water Moü.