Exodus

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Exodus is a 1958 historical novel by Leon Uris that dramatizes the founding of the state of Israel and became a major bestseller and cultural touchstone.

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Exodus canonical 7
Exodus (1960 film) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptedAs Exodus (1960 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Leon Uris NERFINISHED ⓘ
became bestseller ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalImpact influenced American perceptions of Israel ⓘ
served as a cultural touchstone for Zionism ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Otto Preminger NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1960 ⓘ
filmAdaptationScreenwriter Dalton Trumbo NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmAdaptationStar Eva Marie Saint NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paul Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
genre Zionist literature ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Barak Ben Canaan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dov Landau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karen Hansen Clement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kitty Fremont NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasISBN 9780385040085 ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Ari Ben Canaan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme Jewish identity ⓘ
national liberation ⓘ
post-Holocaust survival ⓘ
state-building ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainLocation Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor popularizing the Zionist narrative in the West ⓘ
sympathetic portrayal of Jewish refugees ⓘ
originalAudience general adult readership ⓘ
publicationDate 1958 ⓘ
publisher Doubleday ⓘ
setInPeriod 1940s ⓘ
founding of the State of Israel ⓘ
subject Jewish refugees after the Holocaust ⓘ
Zionism NERFINISHED ⓘ
creation of the State of Israel ⓘ
timeSpanOfNarrative pre-World War II to early years of Israel ⓘ
titleOrigin Book of Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Dalton Trumbo → notableWork → Exodus ⓘ
Ernest Gold → awardReceivedFor → Exodus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus (1960 film)
Ernest Gold → workedOn → Exodus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus (1960 film)
Hugh Griffith → notableWork → Exodus ⓘ
Otto Preminger → notableWork → Exodus ⓘ