“... Josephus (Antiquities 2.232–36) recounts the tale, which has a clear parallel in the rabbinic tradition, of the infant Moses who is brought to Pharaoh and tramples on Pharaoh’s crown. But the differences between the Josephan and rabbinic versions are instructive. In the Midrash, it is Moses who takes the crown from Pharaoh’s head and places it on his own as a clear prediction that he would some day displace Pharaoh. In Josephus, who was well aware that such an aggressive attitude would not find favor among his readers, it is Pharaoh’s daughter who takes the initiative (Antiquities 2.232) of bringing the infant Moses to him. Far from Moses seizing the crown and placing it on his own head, as in the rabbinic tradition, it is Pharaoh who then takes the initiative of placing the crown on Moses’ head. Only then do we have the parallel of Moses flinging the crown to the ground and trampling on it. Likewise, Josephus does not include the scene (Yashar Exodus 131b–132b) that follows, whereby Moses is then put to the test to see whether he is truly a threat to the throne, namely, of the burning coal and onyx stone placed before him to choose from. ...”