The
Song of Moses or Miriam (15: 1 - 18) has usually been taken as a later expansion of the original,
very ancient two lines attributed to Miriam in 15: 21, although some have more conservatively maintained the originality and antiquity of the long poem.11 In any case, we affirm its relative antiquity, subject of course to modification (for example, to accommodate the reference to the tenth - century temple in Jerusalem, vv.