A Film as Animated Midrash

I share the view of Rabbis Goldblatt and Lerner that Prince of Egypt is a powerful midrash on the story of the Exodus. While the movie takes liberties with the biblical story, it is a faithful retelling, faithful to the transformative power of God to work with and through human beings to change the...

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Published inTikkun Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 10
Main Author Geller, Laura
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Francisco Institute of Labor and Mental Health 01.01.1999
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Entertainment
Motion pictures
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Summary:I share the view of Rabbis Goldblatt and Lerner that Prince of Egypt is a powerful midrash on the story of the Exodus. While the movie takes liberties with the biblical story, it is a faithful retelling, faithful to the transformative power of God to work with and through human beings to change the world. Although I agree with Rabbi Goldblatt that some of the flaws of the biblical Moses are missing in this depiction, the DreamWorks Moses is still a very human Moses, a privileged, even bratty, young man who learns to see the world through the pain of other people and the distant memory of other values that compel him to find a new way of living.
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ISSN:0887-9982
2164-0041