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  eds. "Did I Not Bring Israel Out of Egypt?" Eisenbrauns. pp. 48-68.</ref> In fact, the only ancient texts that had a comparable usage of Egyptian words to the Book of Exodus were those written in Imperial Aramaic, a dialect of Aramaic that was only spoken and written within Egypt. Thus, Noonan found that the only ancient language that exhibits similar levels of Egyptian influence to the Book of Exodus and wilderness narratives is a dialect of Aramaic that exhibited intense Egyptian contact, thus noting that the influence of Egypt in the Book of Exodus could only have come about through direct influence and life in the Egyptian world itself. This is considered by Noonan to be strong historical evidence for the exodus. Noonan interestingly also revealed that several of these Egyptian words in the Book of Exodus had to be borrowed in the [[Late Bronze Age]] of Egypt, rather than later periods of time.

  eds. "Did I Not Bring Israel Out of Egypt?" Eisenbrauns. pp. 48-68.</ref> In fact, the only ancient texts that had a comparable usage of Egyptian words to the Book of Exodus were those written in Imperial Aramaic, a dialect of Aramaic that was only spoken and written within Egypt. Thus, Noonan found that the only ancient language that exhibits similar levels of Egyptian influence to the Book of Exodus and wilderness narratives is a dialect of Aramaic that exhibited intense Egyptian contact, thus noting that the influence of Egypt in the Book of Exodus could only have come about through direct influence and life in the Egyptian world itself. This is considered by Noonan to be strong historical evidence for the exodus. Noonan interestingly also revealed that several of these Egyptian words in the Book of Exodus had to be borrowed in the [[Late Bronze Age]] of Egypt, rather than later periods of time.

== The Exodus in Popular Culture ==

== Popular Culture ==

The Exodus has been the subject of many [[motion picture]] and [[television]] projects over the last fifty years, notably including ''The Ten Commandments'', ''Prince of Egypt'' and ''Exodus: Gods and Kings''. Most of these projects contain extra-Biblical interpolations for which no Scriptural warrant and very little archaeological warrant exists. For example, Scripture clearly says that when Moses killed the Egyptian taskmaster, he did so in secret and did not want that fact known—because he was not prepared to face the consequences. (Not every deed of a recognized hero and leader of the Hebrew people was a good or wise deed.) The various motion-picture projects that have treated this story have shown Moses behaving negligently or even recklessly in the killing of the Egyptian, and left out entirely the context in which Moses found out that his deed was no longer secret.

The Exodus has been the subject of many [[motion picture]] and [[television]] projects over the last fifty years, notably including ''The Ten Commandments'', ''Prince of Egypt'' and ''Exodus: Gods and Kings''. Most of these projects contain extra-Biblical interpolations for which no Scriptural warrant and very little archaeological warrant exists. For example, Scripture clearly says that when Moses killed the Egyptian taskmaster, he did so in secret and did not want that fact known—because he was not prepared to face the consequences. (Not every deed of a recognized hero and leader of the Hebrew people was a good or wise deed.) The various motion-picture projects that have treated this story have shown Moses behaving negligently or even recklessly in the killing of the Egyptian, and left out entirely the context in which Moses found out that his deed was no longer secret.