The story of Superman and Moses are actually very similar. Both were sent away in a capsule, as their family was about to be killed, and were adopted into another family. After reaching adulthood, they used their special powers to benefit those around them
Yeah it’s almost as though Superman’s creators were Jewish and that was an intentional parallel.
The superman and Jesus parallel was probably more intentional.
But the parallel Moses and Jesus is also intentional for another reason.
no, i promise you it wasn’t. the creators of superman were Jewish they were not referencing Jesus at all. Superman’s name is literally Ka-El. It’s Hebrew. There are multiple books about Superman’s Jewish origins. (Up, Up, and Oy Vey; Superman is Jewish?; and Mensch of Steel. It’s also covered in the book Superman: The High-Flying History of America’s Most Enduring Hero). It’s been suggested that Siegel and Shuster would have almost certainly been familiar with (also Jewish!) strongman Zishe Breitbart, who was billed as the “Superman of the Ages.”
no one was paralleling jesus in the creation of Superman.
other people superman was based off of/inspired by:
creator Jerry Siegel, who posed for some of the early designs (and was obviously Jewish)
his father, Mitchell (still Jewish) who died after an armed robbery
Stanley Weiss, who was Jewish, and posed for the design updates in 1945. below is a picture of his son, holding one of those sketches:
Siegel and Shuster were not paralleling Jesus.
“Superman and Jesus parallel”
Hey, Christians: NOT EVERY PURE OF HEART PERSON IS JESUS.
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