Moon of Israel is a novel by English writer H. Rider Haggard, first published in 1918 by John Murray. Moon of Israel is a historical novel with fantasy elements.John Gregory Betancourt, "Introduction", to the Wildside Press edition of Moon of Israel. Wildside Press, Helicong, PA, 2002, The novel narrates the events of the Biblical Exodus from Egypt told from the perspective of a scribe named Ana. Moon of Israel is set during the reign of the Pharaoh Amenmeses, identified in the novel as the Pharaoh of the Exodus.Nield, Jonathan. A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales. London, Purnell and Son, 1929. (pg. 2).
Haggard dedicated his novel to Sir Gaston Maspero, a distinguished Egyptologist and director of Cairo Museum.
Reception Fantasy historian Jessica Amanda Salmonson described Moon of Israel as a "beautifully written Jewish legend".
Adaptation His novel was the basis of a script by Ladislaus Vajda, for film-director Michael Curtiz in his 1924 Austrian epic known as Die Sklavenkönigin, or "Queen of the Slaves".Moon of Israel at IMDb
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