Subject background analysis

Rating: 7/10 (11 April 2020)

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I have come to see this film with reverence, both for films made before I was born and for the subject matter.
I won't say much about filmmaking, the acting, the special effects, the structure, the sound, etc., which was more than expected in those days. I on the background environment 81 my opinion!
First of all, starting from the selection of the film, the United States is a Christian country, more than 90% of the people are christians, "ark of the covenant" is a Christian holy things, any difference of views on the Christian holy things is very fatal, so the film is very risky to choose this theme. Of course, this also determines the specific location of the film, the specific shape.
The ark of the covenant was made by Moses at the direction of god when he received his version of the ten commandments on mount sinai (ps: a metaphor for zion in the matrix) when he came out of Egypt. The Hebrews were convinced that the ark was a symbol of god's almighty power, and they received guidance and wisdom from it. At the same time, god's power will manifest itself through the ark. Almost all biblical accounts of the ark depict it as a weapon of war. In the battle of Jericho, the Hebrews carried the ark of the covenant and blew the trumpets. In this way, the "efficacy" of the "ark of the covenant" also determines the historical background of the film. Fasthis seeks for the "meaning" of the ark, hoping to win the war through the power of the ark.
The ark was sacred to the israelites, and no one was allowed to touch it. According to the bible, someone was killed by lightning for touching the ark of the covenant. Even a look is burned by the flame, indy says at the end of the film: "don't look. Keep your eye shut!" So that determines what the final plot and special effects are going to look like.
The bible has a detailed description of the ark :(quote)
"Make the tabernacle and all its furnishings according to the pattern I will show you.
Exod 25:10 "you shall make a chest of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high.
"You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.
"You shall also cast four gold rings and put them on its four feet, two rings on this side and two rings on that side.
"You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
"You shall put the poles in the rings beside the ark to carry it.
"The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be drawn out.
"You shall put in the ark the testimony which I am about to give you.
"You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
"Then you shall make two cherubim (angels) of hammered gold at the two ends of the mercy seat.
Make one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end; of one piece shall the cherubims be of the mercy seat at its two ends.
Then the cherubim shall spread their wings over the mercy seat. And the cherubim shall face to face, toward the mercy seat.
"You shall put the atonement cover on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give you.
This determines that the ark of the covenant in the film must be made in accordance with such "ark" props.
It is also a lot of people think the indy films will be found in Egypt's "ark", I want to put forward my opinion, there is a folk statement has never been confirmed: it is said that the temple of Babylon invaded, plunder, the ark was smuggled out of Jerusalem, by the king Solomon, the son of memmel nico risked their lives to secure transfer. Melenico took the ark with him to Ethiopia, where he stayed in the land of his mother, the queen of sheba.
There is also the claim that the babylonian invasion of Jerusalem was a booty, which is not true because in 586 BC the babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar ii attacked Jerusalem, destroyed the temple and enslaved the Hebrews. However, there is no mention of the ark among all the booty listed in the bible that the babylonians brought back to earth, a hint that it had disappeared by then. (but that's not to say it's impossible to find clues in the loot.)
It says in the movie that Egypt took the ark of the covenant from the temple of Solomon when they invaded Jerusalem. At this point I would like to make my point: the ark disappeared long before the Egyptian invasion of Jerusalem, 1000 years ago. In the time of king Solomon of Israel no power could invade Jerusalem. So the old folklore story is more reliable, and it's a pity that Steven spielberg didn't take it.
Oh, I just put forward my opinion, hope someone can correct the mistake. Expect more people to study it.
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