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The movie also does not show Israel's battle with Amalek or of God supplying Israel with manna, water and quail.As a young adult, I found the movie a bit.
Israel sang and danced to celebrate the defeat of Pharaoh and his armies (Exodus 15), but the movie portrays them as simply standing in silent amazement. Even though Exodus does not state that Pharaoh did drown, Psalm 136:15 implies that Pharaoh did drown with his army. The Pharaoh is not shown as drowning with his army in the movie. (That means the Lord kept the Pharaoh and his army at bay a really long time.) However, the Bible states that the strong east wind took all night to part the waters (Exodus 14:21). The movie shows an instant parting of the Red Sea. Furthermore, the Bible offers little beyond saying the firstborn of Pharaoh died, while the movie focuses extensively on this son's death. God alone executes the final plague (Exodus 12). Moses doesn't tell Pharaoh that his word will bring the last plague or that Pharaoh decreed that all firstborn of Israel would die. Not only were there time constraints, but Hollywood at the time could not re-create some of the special effects needed to show some of the plagues. The movie only shows four of the 10 plagues of Egypt.
The movie doesn't accurately portray Moses as being "not eloquent" in speaking (Exodus 4:10). God sent Moses back to Egypt (Exodus 3:10). Joshua never came to the land of Midian to persuade Moses to return to Egypt. Some characters, like Baka (portrayed by Vincent Price), are not mentioned in the Bible. Yet Exodus 2:11-15 says that Moses saw no one else when he killed the Egyptian and that Moses fled afterward, since the Pharaoh sought to kill him. The movie shows Moses openly fighting an Egyptian, killing him and then being arrested and exiled. In the movie, Moses is said to be a successful military commander, but that reference comes from Josephus, not the Bible. Exodus 2:21 states: "… and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter." Moses apparently didn't have the choice to marry any of Midian's seven daughters he was given the offer of a specific wife. There is also no biblical mention of Moses having any early relationship with any of the Pharaoh's sons. In the movie, she eventually goes with the Israelites out of Egypt. The daughter of Pharaoh is only mentioned in the Bible when she rescues baby Moses from the river. Moses' mother is said to be Yoshebel in the movie, while Exodus 6:20 states it was Jochebed. The Bible mentions no extra romance of Moses with anyone, though Nefretiri's love of Moses is one of the dominant components of the DeMille movie.
No wives of any kings are mentioned by name in the Bible, while a star in the movie is "Queen Nefretiri," obviously a variation of "Nefertari," the wife of Rameses II, according to Egyptian history. The movie refers to all the kings of Egypt with specific names, while the Bible refers to each one only as "Pharaoh."
Also, some parts in the script are mere inventions. So, in an effort to shed some light on what's Holy Bible and what's Hollywood, here is a sampling of differences.Īccording to the commentary on the 2004 DVD release of the film, the movie's script was enhanced by non-biblical sources, such as: Josephus, the Sepher-ha-Yashar, the Chronicle of Moses and the Quran. (The one year ABC didn't air the movie - 1999 - it received a browbeating.) Historically, ABC-TV airs the classic movie, the highest grossing film of the 1950s, each year during Easter weekend. In Hollywood's defense, perhaps making an almost three-hour movie out of a few dozen Bible chapters requires some invention just to fill the time and keep viewers engaged. It won an Oscar, three other major movie awards and was nominated for another seven awards. It is, in fact, a cinematic masterpiece in everything except accuracy. 4), sprinkles more than a little fancy among its facts.įrom a romance that never existed and concocted characters to an instant parting of the Red Sea, the movie is riddled with fiction. DeMille, it is so engaging it may have become your definitive version of Moses.īut the 1956 film, starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner (which will be broadcast next Saturday, April 3, from 6-10 p.m. If you've ever watched the classic movie "The Ten Commandments" by Cecil B.
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