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CSO 19a – The Prince of Egypt Part 1

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Comparing and contrasting “The Prince of Egypt” by Dreamworks Animation with scriptures from The Torah, The Holy Bible, and the Qur’an.

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Produced By

Bruce Strong ★ Cameron Jezorek ★ Carolyne Mathlin ★ Courtney Hickling

★ Eric Mansilla ★Gabriel Stocker ★ Henna K ★  Joe & Jen  Stillwell

★ Kathleen Hale ★ Krista Dupps ★  Melanie Bennett ★ Melannie Johnson Savell

★ Michael Young ★ Misty Shelton ★ Nicholas Terra ★ Peter Gordon

★ Saood Ul-Hasan, ★ TM ★ Vaughn M. Dennis

Music

Arabian Cinematic by bdProductions

Arabian Oud by by Orchestralis

Ramadan Mubarak by LoopsLab

Rhythms of of Miriam by Marla Leigh

Table For Two by SoundStream

The Greatness Of Egypt by SnowMusicStudio

The Heart of Jewish Violin by EddieHoncha

 

 

Bibliography:

The Torah: The Five Books of Moses. Translated by The Jewish Publication Society. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1992. See Shemot (Exodus), the second book.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2016. See the Book of Exodus.

The Qur’an. Translated by M.A.S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. See Surahs Al-Qasas (28), Taha (20), and Ash-Shu‘ara (26) for the story of Moses and the Exodus.

Film

The Prince of Egypt. Directed by Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner, and Simon Wells. Produced by Penney Finkelman Cox and Sandra Rabins. Music by Hans Zimmer. DreamWorks Animation, 1998. Animated feature film, 99 minutes.

The Ten Commandments. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Produced by Cecil B. DeMille. Written by Æneas MacKenzie, Jesse L. Lasky Jr., Jack Gariss, and Fredric M. Frank. Paramount Pictures, 1956. Feature film, 220 minutes.

Internet

“An Egyptologist’s Breakdown of The Prince of Egypt (1998).” Leiden Islam Blog. Accessed May 29, 2025. https://www.leidenislamblog.nl/articles/an-egyptologists-breakdown-of-the-prince-of-egypt-1998

Solzy, Danielle. “The Prince of Egypt Gets Part of the Exodus Wrong.” Solzy at the Movies, April 13, 2022. https://solzyatthemovies.com/2022/04/13/the-prince-of-egypt-gets-part-of-the-exodus-wrong/

Hughes, Gabe. “A Pastor’s Review of The Prince of Egypt.” The Majesty’s Men, n.d. https://www.themajestysmen.com/pastorgabe/a-pastors-review-of-the-prince-of-egypt/

Sefaria. Accessed May 29, 2025. https://www.sefaria.org/texts

“The Prince of Egypt.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Last modified May 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince_of_Egypt

TheTorah.com. Accessed May 29, 2025. https://www.thetorah.com/

Pierce, Scott D. “’Prince of Egypt’ — DreamWorks Mogul Pushed Project from Inception of the Studio.” Deseret News, December 18, 1998. https://www.deseret.com/1998/12/18/19419160/prince-of-egypt-br-dreamworks-mogul-pushed-project-from-inception-of-the-studio/

“Katzenberg: The Prince of Animation.” Tampa Bay Times, December 8, 1998. https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/12/08/katzenberg-the-prince-of-animation/

“What Was Built by Slaves in Ancient Egypt?” Historum Forum, n.d. https://historum.com/t/what-was-built-by-slaves-in-ancient-egypt.197925/

“Were Slaves Used to Build the Pyramids? Debunking a Long-Standing Myth.” World Atlas, n.d. https://www.worldatlas.com/ancient-world/were-slaves-used-to-build-the-pyramids-debunking-a-long-standing-myth.html

“ELI5: How Do We Know That the Great Pyramids Were Not Built by Slaves?” Reddit, January 2023. https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/10mkgur/eli5_how_do_we_know_that_the_great_pyramids_were/

“Who Built the Egyptian Pyramids? Not Slaves.” Discover Magazine, n.d. https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/who-built-the-egyptian-pyramids-not-slaves

“Why Put Baby Moses in a Basket?” Bible & Archaeology at the University of Iowa, n.d. https://bam.sites.uiowa.edu/faq/why-put-baby-moses-in-basket

“Moses on the Nile.” Coffee and a Bible, n.d. https://www.coffeeandabible.com/moses-on-the-nile/

“Asiya.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Accessed May 29, 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiya

“The Story of Moses’ Foster Mother, Asiya.” About Islam, n.d. https://aboutislam.net/reading-islam/understanding-islam/the-story-of-moses-foster-mother-asiya/

“Top Ten Discoveries Related to Moses and the Exodus.” Bible Archaeology, n.d. https://biblearchaeology.org/research/chronological-categories/exodus-era/4919-top-ten-discoveries-related-to-moses-and-the-exod

“Who Was the Pharaoh of the Exodus?” New Creation Blog, n.d. https://newcreation.blog/who-was-the-pharaoh-of-the-exodus/

Chabad.org. Accessed May 29, 2025. https://www.chabad.org/

Quran.com. Accessed May 29, 2025. https://quran.com/

“The Prince of Egypt / Trivia.” TV Tropes, n.d. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Trivia/ThePrinceOfEgypt

Fiennes, Ralph, and Amick Byram. “The Plagues [Lyrics].” Genius, n.d. https://genius.com/Ralph-fiennes-and-amick-byram-the-plagues-lyrics

Unilang Forum. “Why Is the Story of Moses So Similar in the Bible and the Qur’an?” n.d. https://forum.unilang.org/viewtopic.php?t=689

“YouTube – Egyptologist’s Breakdown of The Prince of Egypt.” YouTube, n.d. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4hk94VDAdo

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