Pillar of Fire (novel by J. H. Ingraham)

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"Pillar of Fire" is an 1859 biblical historical novel by J. H. Ingraham that dramatizes the life of Moses and the Exodus, later serving as a key literary source for Cecil B. DeMille’s epic film "The Ten Commandments."

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instanceOf biblical novel ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author J. H. Ingraham ⓘ
basedOn Book of Exodus ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
followedBy The Throne of David ⓘ
genre biblical fiction ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
religious fiction ⓘ
hasTheme divine deliverance ⓘ
faith ⓘ
leadership of Moses ⓘ
slavery and liberation ⓘ
influenced The Ten Commandments (1923 film) ⓘ
The Ten Commandments (1956 film) ⓘ
intendedAudience Christian readers ⓘ
literaryForm epistolary novel ⓘ
literaryMovement 19th-century American religious fiction ⓘ
mainCharacter Moses ⓘ
narrativeForm prose ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person epistolary style ⓘ
notableAdaptationConnection Cecil B. DeMille ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfAuthorBiblicalSeries J. H. Ingraham biblical novels ⓘ
precededBy The Prince of the House of David ⓘ
publicationYear 1859 ⓘ
religiousTradition Christian literature ⓘ
settingPeriod Biblical era ⓘ
settingPlace Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt

Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
subject Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt ⓘ
life of Moses ⓘ
timeSpanOfFictionalEvents from birth of Moses to the Exodus ⓘ
titleAlludesTo pillar of fire in the Book of Exodus ⓘ
usedAsSourceFor The Ten Commandments (1923 film) ⓘ
The Ten Commandments (1956 film) ⓘ

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