Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings is not exactly a documentary, so a comparison of the film’s adaptation to Scripture is not the point of the movie. But it can be helpful to understand the ...
In Exodus: The Genesis of God’s People, Grumet examines the narratives. Rather than presenting a verse-by-verse commentary, he focuses on major themes and evolving events in the narrative. He shows ...
“I am the Lord your God Who brought you forth from the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage...” (Exodus 20:2). This statement of Jewish history serves as the introduction to the Ten Commandments, ...
As Passover draws near, there’s a dramatic scholarly breakthrough linking archeology to the Biblical Exodus. The text speaks of a tremendous storm that involved both upper and lower Egypt. It states ...
Did the ten plagues really happen? Was Moses an Egyptian cult member? And how did he part the Red Sea? Christian Bale as Moses in Ridley Scott's 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' Credit: Photo: Rex Features ...
The Jewish Passover is celebrated to commemorate the liberation of the Israelites from Egypt. The people of Israel had been slaves to Pharaohs for 400 years, after which God’s promise to Abraham ...
Director Ridley Scott's take on the story of Moses is half solemn, half silly — and not so far an evolution from Charlton Heston's The Ten Commandments as it would like to believe. The director Ridley ...