Hollywood biblical epics continue five centuries of orientalist costume tradition

Evidence

American popular culture has continued to quote this tradition. When we see the kaffiyeh on the heads of the Israelites led to the Promised Land by Charlton Heston, we are not surprised. In The Ten Commandments Hollywood builds on an artistic practice established during the previous five centuries and more. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 154