Ridley Scott's new movie introduces some thinking about a standard view of Moses. Moses looked lot like Charlton Heston, or was it the other way around. The 1956 Cecil B DeMille visual extravaganza is still an eye opener and stands on its own despite remakes and other Moses wannabees. DeMille had produced a black & white silent version in the 1920's and stills from this film are still used to illustrate events from the Exodus by Biblical publishers. Ridley Scott has taken a new track: Moses the warrior prince. The trailers show an armored fighting man and a Pharaoh in conflict. The question arises: how Egyptian was Moses and when did the Prophet emerge?
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