''Moon of Israel'' is a novel by English writer H. Rider Haggard, first published in 1918 by John Murray. The novel narrates the events of the Biblical

Exodus Exodus or the Exodus may refer to: Religion * Book of Exodus, second book of the Hebrew Torah and the Christian Bible * The Exodus, the biblical story of the migration of the ancient Israelites from Egypt into Canaan Historical events * Ex ...

from Egypt told from the perspective of a scribe named Ana. Haggard dedicated his novel to Sir

Gaston Maspero Sir Gaston Camille Charles Maspero (23 June 1846 – 30 June 1916) was a French Egyptologist known for popularizing the term "Sea Peoples" in an 1881 paper. Maspero's son, Henri Maspero, became a notable sinologist and scholar of East Asia. ...

, a distinguished Egyptologist and director of

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Adaptation

His novel was the basis of a script by

Ladislaus Vajda Ladislaus Vajda (born Lipót Weisz; 18 August 1877 – 10 March 1933) was a Hungarian screenwriter. He wrote for 40 films in Hungary, Austria and Germany between 1916 and 1932. He was born in Eger, Northern Hungary and died in Berlin, Germ ...

, for film-director

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in his 1924 Austrian epic known as ''

Die Sklavenkönigin ''The Moon of Israel'' (german: Die Sklavenkönigin, or "The Queen of the Slaves") is a 1924 Austrian epic film. It was directed by Mihaly Kertész (later Michael Curtiz). The script was written by Ladislaus Vajda, based on H. Rider Haggard's 1 ...

'', or "Queen of the Slaves".''Moon of Israel''
at

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* 1918 British novels 1918 fantasy novels Novels by H. Rider Haggard Novels based on the Bible Book of Exodus British novels adapted into films {{1910s-fantasy-novel-stub