Who was Moshe in the early part of his life – in his own eyes, in the eyes of his surroundings (in Egypt/in the wilderness), in the eyes of his people, and in the eyes of the Torah?
Why does the Torah describe Moshe as an anonymous figure? Why does it not open with the name of his father and the name of his mother, in the style of the book of Bereishit? Why does it not mention his sister's name? Surely they are all known to us from other places in the Torah!
It seems that the Torah wishes to leave Moshe in a total darkness of identity.
Through a close examination of the cryptic story of the circumcision of Moshe’s son, we can understand the process through which Moshe molds his character.
