I will start by first acknowledging I don't watch TV. Actually, I do, but it might be limited to a couple hours a week, literally. But I do watch enough to know this series was coming. Now that the reviews are coming out, well, I am glad I am missing the show.
Here is one Lutheran pastor's take on what he calls the 10 plagues of the series so far:
10. Follow the Source
9. The "Spirit" of the Book
8. The Devil is in the Details
7. Theism
6. Passing over the Passover
5. Promises, Promises
4. The Long Arm of the Law Cut Short
3. A Famine of the Gospel
2. Computer Graphics are Cool, but They're Not the Gospel
1. THE BIBLE is not The Bible.
Cyberbrethen by the Rev. Paul McClain also has interesting commentary on "The Bible" and the Rev. Sam Schuldheisz
's post above.
“Call me a skeptic, but when The History Channel started it’s advertising campaign weeks ago for their latest mini-series THE BIBLE
, I knew right away what was going to happen. Either they would hire
some two-bit historians, the usual parade of higher-critical, liberal
scholar hall-of-famers, or they would fill their theological glass full
of the best and brightest in American pop-Christianity. In the end the
result is really the same however. The former destroys any objective
claim Christians can (and should) make for the historicity of the events
in the Bible by writing them off as myths, fairy tales or legends. The
latter destroys any hope for an objective preaching of the Gospel by
gutting the very essence of the Biblical salvation story (a true one we
must add) from every key person event in the Old and New Testament.
All said, do your self a favor. Read the book on which "The Bible" is based. It really is great reading.
