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Old 03-01-2010, 06:45 PM   #1
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Right now on the History Channel, there showing a documentary on the biblical account of the Exodus called Exodus Decoded. Has anybody seen it?

The youtube video is here:

The Exodus Decoded

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Old 03-01-2010, 08:30 PM   #2
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After six years of unprecedented research, host Simcha Jacobovici and a team of renowned archeologists, Egyptologists, geologists, and theologians shed revelatory new light on the Exodus and the era's ruling Egyptian Dynasty. Their new theory pushes events hundreds of years earlier than previously thought, allowing age-old stories to sparkle with new perspectives and startling historical import.

Using elaborate, state-of-the-art CGI, THE EXODUS DECODED offers a stunning virtual account of stories like the birth of Moses, the ten plagues, and the parting of the Red Sea, revealing once and for all the difference between acts of Nature and the hand of God. Executive Produced by James Cameron (who appears on camera) and Simcha Jacobovici (who also hosts), the viewer follows Jacobovici to Egypt, Greece and Israel, on an investigative archaeological journey that pieces together a puzzle of tantalizing clues.
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In his review of the documentary, Dr. Ronald Hendel, Professor of Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.[[21] writes:

"The made-for-TV documentary, The Exodus Decoded, begins with some excellent special effects and a short excerpt from the Steven Spielberg-George Lucas thriller, Raiders of the Lost Ark. This introduction sets the stage for a fast-paced show with high production values and dramatic footage. Unfortunately, unlike the Indiana Jones movie, this film presents itself as non-fiction. Watching it is reminiscent of an expensive infomercial, in which the actor-salesman makes increasingly exaggerated claims for his product—it makes you lose weight, adds muscle, and makes you rich to boot. In this case, the actor-director is selling a highly dubious bundle of theories about the historical and scientific veracity of the Biblical Exodus."
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Some of Jacobovici’s points are old hat, having been proposed before, while others are indeed new. But, alas, the presentation suffers from the same fate as other similar “documentaries”—dates are revised willy-nilly to make everything neatly come together to explain the events of the Exodus. In the end, Jacobovici does more harm than good since he mishandles the archaeological evidence, hence providing fuel to skeptics who wish to undermine the Exodus.
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From what's been presented over the last few on the latest archealogical evidence workers on projects like the pyramids wre not likley slaves in the image of perhaps black US slavery.
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From what's been presented over the last few on the latest archealogical evidence workers on projects like the pyramids wre not likley slaves in the image of perhaps black US slavery.
Who said they worked on the pyramids?
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From what's been presented over the last few on the latest archealogical evidence workers on projects like the pyramids wre not likley slaves in the image of perhaps black US slavery.
Who said they worked on the pyramids?
Point is they were not likely abused slaves held in captivity, pehpas more like itinerant wandering workers.
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Thanks, John. I hadn't realized how old the program was so I didn't bother to do a search for it.
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