Bible Secrets Revealed? A Response to the New History Channel Series (Part 1)

This past week, the History Channel premiered a new series on the Bible entitled, Bible Secrets Revealed.  The first full episode was called Lost in Translation, and can be viewed here.

Now, let me say that I really do enjoy documentaries on the Bible.  They are usually done with very high quality, contain interviews of some of the world’s top scholars, and often raising intriguing and important questions.  But, there are also dangers.  Such documentaries run the risk of being overly sensationalistic, one-sided, and ultimately misleading.

Unfortunately, this new documentary from the History Channel tends to falter at precisely these points.  While there are many positives–great production …

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