"Taxo" and the Origin of the "Assumption of Moses."

This article presents an exploration into the figure of Taxo in the apocryphal Biblical text "The Assumption of Moses." Multiple questions are raised associating the identity of Taxo to the thematic and historical context of the work. Details are given reviewing the history of the text, tracing its original language and religious sect characteristics within Judaism, and its date of composition. Theories regarding the Christian authorship of the work are particularly examined.