Mysteries of the Bible

Season 4

1996 · 11 episodes · 7h 31m in all

Episodes

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   1. Job: The Devil's Test

   12 Sept 1996 · 45 min

   It is thousands of years ago that the Book of Job, a story of a decent man who suffers horrendous misfortunes, is written into the Hebrew bible.

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   2. Jacob's Ladder

   26 Sept 1996 · 45 min

   Jacob's vision of a magnificent stairway to heaven has both fascinated and perplexed people of all religions for centuries. Explore four thousand year-old ruins with scholars and experts to learn more about this haunting account.

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   3. Biblical Angels

   14 Nov 1996 · 45 min

   While the work of angels has long stirred popular imagination, the details of their holy purpose are clouded by wonder and debate. What do the Scriptures tell us about them?

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   4. The Last Supper

   21 Nov 1996 · 45 min

   Few moments in the Bible hold more significance than Jesus' last supper in Jerusalem. Still, modern scholars continue to debate the specifics: Who attended the supper? What did they discuss? And what of the true role of Judas? Join the world's leading experts in an exploration of Jesus' final hours on earth.

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   5. Love and Sex in the Hebrew Bible

   12 Dec 1996 · 45 min

   On the sixth day of Creation, God pronounced the sexual union between husband and wife "very good". The Hebrew Bible is rich in stories of love and marriage, as well as rape, prostitution, adultery, and polygamy.

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   6. Cain and Abel: A Murder Mystery

   8 Mar 1997 · 46 min

   Their story is one of the most chilling in the Bible: a tale of cold-blooded murder between the world's first brothers. But despite the fact that Genesis records the identity of Abel's killer, the world's first murder remains in many ways a mystery.

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   7. The Story of Creation

   6 Apr 1997 · 45 min

   An intriguing search for the fabled Garden of Eden and the forbidden Tree of Knowledge. Can the account of the Creation, as passed down in the book of Genesis, still be taken literally?

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   8. Paul the Apostle

   13 Apr 1997 · 45 min

   With the exception of Jesus of Nazareth, Saint Paul is the single most important figure in the history of Christianity, transforming from its bitterest foe to its most ardent advocate.

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   9. King Solomon

   20 Apr 1997 · 45 min

   According to the Hebrew Bible, Solomon was one of the mightiest kings to rule ancient Israel, gifted with unnatural powers. Explore new answers to some of the oldest questions that have perplexed historians and archaeologists about this mysterious ruler.

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    10. Mary of Nazareth

    11 May 1997

    Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of which are mentioned in the Litany of Loreto.

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    11. The Ten Commandments

    8 Jun 1997 · 45 min

    Millenia past, in the searing heat of the Sinai Desert, a rag-tag band of survivors of history's first recorded slave revolt heard God's thunderous voice. The message delivered then has echoed throughout the ages: The Ten Commandments, the code that has come to be the very definition of moral behavior.