Exodus, Chapter 1 Exodus begins with a population crisis. Jacob’s descendants have multiplied and prospered in Egypt, “and the land was filled with them.” The new Pharaoh is alarmed and “oppressed ...

In her novella The Miracle Hater (Sone hanissim), Israeli writer Shulamith Hareven presents a reading of the biblical story of the Exodus that comes across as both history and midrash. Hareven's ...

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The Promised Land also makes some more obscure biblical details memorable, such as when Oholiab (Ash Kahn)—a specialist in ...

2.5 stars Christian Bale is a really good actor%2C but even he is somewhat stiff. Ben Mendelsohn%2C as a scheming viceroy%2C is the best thing in the movie Ridley Scott took some heat for the mostly ...