Musa (2008)
Directed by Victor Kamar
R & H Media Productions
Lutfi Nuwayser as Musa
The tablets in this film are neither arched tops nor flat tops, but something of a hybrid never before depicted in film. When one tablet is placed next to the other, they almost seem to form one arched tablet, but when the tablets are held in reverse order, the top of the “arches” point, wing-like, away from the centers. However, when held in that manner, the first tablet appears on the left side instead of the right.
Their inspiration may have come from this piece of art:
Directed by Victor Kamar
R & H Media Productions
Lutfi Nuwayser as Musa
The tablets in this film are neither arched tops nor flat tops, but something of a hybrid never before depicted in film. When one tablet is placed next to the other, they almost seem to form one arched tablet, but when the tablets are held in reverse order, the top of the “arches” point, wing-like, away from the centers. However, when held in that manner, the first tablet appears on the left side instead of the right.
Their inspiration may have come from this piece of art:
In the film tablets as in the artwork above, the engraved lettering is a simplified version of the customary block lettered-Hebrew most often seen in modern synagogues (K’tav Ashuri/Assyrian Script). The text, too, is the truncated version similar to that found on or above many synagogue arks containing the scrolls of Torah.
Strangely, in the tablets shown in this film, the commandment that should be engraved on the top of the second tablet (the one on the left) is out of order and found at the very bottom of the tablet!
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I wish to thank Sarah El Neweihi for providing me with a translation of the Arabic credits.
Strangely, in the tablets shown in this film, the commandment that should be engraved on the top of the second tablet (the one on the left) is out of order and found at the very bottom of the tablet!
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I wish to thank Sarah El Neweihi for providing me with a translation of the Arabic credits.