![]() But depictions of Beckford's comings and goings became tedious about mid-way through the film. ![]() He is, for the most part, a pleasure to listen to. His style is infectiously engaging (indeed, distractingly impassioned at times), and his commentary nuanced and articulate. ![]() Beckford visits the Holy Land, Europe, the UK, and the USA in order to situate ancient Biblical sites, temples, churches, and museums, where he interviews Jewish, Christian, and Islamic scholars, believers, and practitioners. His comments on Saul of Tarsus, later known as the apostle Paul (who wrote the bulk of the NT), highlight the issues and ambiguities surrounding the rise of early Christianity. His coverage of the remaining books in the OT is less exhaustive, but he examines the four Gospels as closely as he does the Pentateuch. To what extent were they historically accurate? Were historical discrepancies material to their credibility and to Judeo-Christian traditions? Naturally, he starts with the first five books of the Old Testament, the Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy), all of which were supposedly written by Moses. He seeks to answer questions about how the books of the Bible were written, by whom, in what social and political context, and in what sequence. This 100+-minute documentary represents a quest by British theological scholar Robert Beckford to put the derivation and composition of the Bible into perspective for viewers of this Channel 4 (UK) presentation.
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