The Ten Commandments Essay

The Ten Commandments was released in 1956 and was the largest and final film production director Cecil B. DeMille directed. This biblical representation was brought to life on the big screen by an all-star cast (Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner, Anne Baxter and Vincent Price) and received aw-worthy reviews. This cinematic masterpiece received many awards including the Oscar for best picture in 1957. The film portrays the biblical story of Moses, an adopted Egyptian Prince, and his grueling journey…

There are many differences between the Exodus described in the Bible and the Exodus shown in the 2007 film The Ten Commandments. From how Moses found out that he was a Hebrew to the one responsible of making the Golden Calf, the stories within the movie accommodate to its audience; the children. In addition to the difference in names for the LORD, the film focuses on portraying Moses and Aaron as exceptional men in the eyes of God, while the Bible has a more bitter, realistic feeling to it. The…

2017 Comparison between the Ten Commandments in Exodus verses Deuteronomy The commandments are set forth in both versions by God as a covenant to those who choose to worship and love Him. If they obeyed the rules, the followers would have God’s blessing and protection. If they broke them, they would be subjected to God’s punishment. Although the commandments in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 20 are virtually identical, there are a few differences. Many of the commandments are word for word the…

Indigenous Australians and African American people lived out the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes from the 1950s to today. The purpose of the Ten Commandments is to point out sin as Paul informs us in Romans 7:7, and they also begin with our demonstrated relationship with God and end with our relationships with others. The purpose of the Beatitudes found in Matthew 5:1-12 is to inspire people to act in certain ways. In times of adversity and injustice morality existed, and civil rights and…

This poem by Shelly Hottell is one that clearly highlights the disparities in this ruling that was established to exclude prayer in the classrooms. It exemplifies the inconsistencies in the laws made that are socially affecting the youth in North American communities. It is very confusing when you tell someone especially a young person that We are One Nation Under God, yet We cannot say the name of God in public. Then, we cannot read the Bible in the classroom because it may violate the rights…

the haters to himself. This happens in the poem in the line that says, “On the whole/ Hurt by me, they will not call me/Brother.” In this there may be some feeling of hatred, directed to another poem that references spiritual verses. In “The Ten Commandments,” the speaker talks about the sins and the sinfulness that he himself. A line in the poem says, “But I could be covetous. I could be a thief.” The speaker in this may be talking about the guilt that could be about not wanting to fighting…

and fourth, Deuteronomist source, printed versions of the Ten Commandments with the fourth version being a little more descriptive. However, with the exception of three verses in Exodus 34 by the Jahwist source, the third version is quite different from the other versions with several scriptures that are similar if not exactly alike the scriptures found later on in the Book of the Covenant. The story of Moses receiving the commandments while on top of Mt. Sinai is similar to another story from…

in Hammurabi’s law Code and the Ten Commandments created good communities in the ancient world because they laid out the rights and wrongs dealing with actual problems, this is true for both the Hammurabi’s code and the Ten Commandments. Both of these laws were written in stone and persons from the significant eras lived by them and held them close to their morals and beliefs. The Hammurabi’s Law Code had the biggest impact on communities than the Ten Commandments and that can be found below.…

hope of being able to change something, there is no way the people who want change could actually do it. To make change happen, there first has to be confidence in the incentive for the change. Without that, there is no drive to perform the other commandments that are listed. Without having that certainty and hope of knowing something will change from the efforts of their movements, groups that are trying to change the world wouldn't work as hard... without the belief, they'd assume that…

I remember it like it was yesterday, I was about Eleven or Twelve years old. What had started out as a great day took a turn for the worst. My brother, Bobby, was moving to San Diego and had decided to take our pit bull red with him. My mother, my step-dad and myself were all against him taking red but he was really my brothers dog so we couldn’t tell him not to. We all really loved that dog, to us he was part of the family. It was going well for the first couple days, it was hard getting used…