The Bible: The Epic Miniseries [Blu-ray] (2013)

I was waiting for a network to "man up" and do a series on The Holy Bible and not just be politically correct and afraid to talk about God, and finally the History Channel made it possible. Discovery, National Geographic, AMC, etc. Did not want to take that risk. Let me say that it was a profitable risk. This series so far has been amazing and almost 100% accurate as The Bible. The battle scenes are well done but might be too graphic for young children. There is also some scenes of sensuality, but nothing compared to other shows on TV.The show begins with Noah and the Ark and then follows through with Abraham and his tribe. After that it moves on to Moses and the Israelites and how God freed them from slavery. I truly cannot wait to watch more episodes of this series and I as a believer recommend this to all people, believers and non-believers alike. It might save your life, it might save your soul. Overall an amazing interpretation of th Holy Book.

We just watched the first part of this series and also an interview w/ the producers( Mark Burnett and wife Roma Downey, who played in the series Touched by an angel), which included additional clips.This series is really well done. It is an overview of the whole bible in less than 10 hours, so they had to leave some stuff out, to make it interesting and develop some characters. We felt ourselves drawn into the story. it is very engaging and the producers have done a great job keeping the thread through it all. I love how they connect all the dots and not just put all the stories next to each other.It starts w/ Noah in the ark, but he tells the story of creation and connects Adams and eves sin w/ the flood.They added their own imaginations to it,for example how Sarah would respond to the sacrifice. I also saw a nice clip of Jesus during the interview and Jesus is portrait as a gentle man w/ authority. Roma gets to play the older mother of Jesus( What's exciting, bec I always loved her as an angel in the Touched by an angel series.)Sure it can be graphic at times, but it also could be worse. It's well worth watching. Can't wait to see the whole series.

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In an age where ignorance and functional illiteracy rule, this is a good intro to the Bible. Literally millions of Americans will learn these stories for the first time, and that's good. For the serious, however, this is way too slick and commercial, emphasis on violence and the Bible as an action flick. They skipped Lot offering his daughters to the mob, and they skipped the Golden Calf, two awkward scenes that don't fit a streamlined commercial narrative. They have the wise men in the same scene with the shepherds -WRONG! And using Joel Osteen as an advisor, he knows nothing about the Bible and proves it every time he preaches. But again, it's a good introduction for millions, and the actors are top-notch. The best Bible film remains Franco Zefferelli's "Jesus of Nazareth."

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I have seen only the first episode, but from what I can infer, the mini-series is very well put together with efficient storytelling, stunning visuals, terrific acting and no sugarcoating of the wrath of God, the violence and the sinful sexuality of Sodom make the stories that we all know come to life in a new light. I will pre-order.

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Saw the first episode and felt it was good television. It of course very much sanitized some parts of the stories and in some cases add some creative license. One notable sanitation was they changed the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah to violence and sexual promiscuity rather than the rampant homosexuality the bible describes. There were ugly human failings that were omitted. They failed to explain that Ishmael was the father of the Arab race that would spend all of human history from that day trying to kill the Jews. This would have been a great tie in since the Muslim Brotherhood is linking all Arab nations together right now for that purpose. (With American help I might add). They also portrayed Moses with his hands held up in Triumph as they paraded him through the city. According to the Bible Moses was the most humble man who ever lived and would never have allowed this, plus he had a speech impediment, a fact that most movies skip simply because it would be hard to have a lead character who rarely speaks.

If the show interests some young people to actually pick up and read this book that has survived unchanged for thousands of years it will have served a good purpose. A movie that depicted the bible factually would never be allowed on Television. The controversy of what's in that book makes 50 shades of grey look like a coffee table book on Yoga.

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