Moon of Israel (novel)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
AuthorH. Rider Haggard
LanguageEnglish
PublisherJohn Murray (UK)
Longmans, Green (US)
Longmans, Green (US)
Publication date
1918 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | H. Rider Haggard |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | John Murray (UK) Longmans, Green (US) |
Publication date | 1918 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
Moon of Israel is a novel by English writer H. Rider Haggard, first published in 1918 by John Murray. Moon of Israel is a historical novel with fantasy elements. [1] The novel narrates the events of the Biblical Exodus from Egypt told from the perspective of a scribe named Ana.[2][3] Moon of Israel is set during the reign of the Pharaoh Amenmeses, identified in the novel as the Pharaoh of the Exodus.[4]
Haggard dedicated his novel to Sir Gaston Maspero, a distinguished Egyptologist and director of Cairo Museum.
Fantasy historian Jessica Amanda Salmonson described Moon of Israel as a "beautifully written Jewish legend".[1]
