Miriam

Miriam
Portrait of Anna Risi as Miriam by Anselm Feuerbach
Prophetess, Righteous
Honored in	Judaism Christianity Islam
Feast	Sunday of the Holy Forefathers (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Patronage	Aden, Yemen; Kragujevac, Serbia; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Uzhhorod, Ukraine

Miriam (Hebrew: מִרְיָם Mīryām, lit. 'Rebellion')^[1][2] is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus.

The Torah refers to her as "Miriam the Prophetess"^[3] and the Talmud^[4] names her as one of the seven major female prophets of Israel. Scripture describes her alongside of Moses and Aaron as delivering the Jews from exile in Egypt: "For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam".^[5] According to the Midrash,^[6] just as Moses led the men out of Egypt and taught them Torah, so too Miriam led the women and taught them Torah.