Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9955 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-08-13
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 17
• Running time: 2100 minutes

Video Description
The largest television production ever undertaken, sold in
more than 140 countries worldwide, The Bible Series has received 11 Emmy
and 3 Cable Ace nominations and an Emmy award for Outstanding Miniseries.
Over fifteen years in development and a further ten in the making, the
series' aim is to bring the stories of the Old Testament to life for
contemporary audiences using big screen film methods and the best actors
and directors available.
Its cast of world-renowned stars include Sir Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper,
Gary Oldman, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Sean Bean, Barbara Hershey,
Jeremy Sisto, Christopher Lee, Jonathan Pryce, Franco Nero, Klaus Maria
Brandauer, Michael Gambon, Dame Diana Rigg and Elizabeth Hurley. The films'
directors include Academy and Emmy award-winners, Joseph Sargent, Roger
Young, Nicolas Roeg and Robert Markowitz, with title music composed,
arranged and conducted by the legendary film composer, Ennio Morricone.

For the first time ever all 17 installments in this wonderful series are
together in one ultimate collection. This exclusive set boasts over 35
hours of lavish productions that you will treasure forever.

Synopsis
This ambitious TV production brings to life the miraculous and epic stories of the Old Testament for contemporary audiences. Its lavish production values, world-renowned stars, and filmic look helped earn THE BIBLE SERIES a staggering 11 Emmy Awards as well as an Emmy for Outstanding Miniseries.

Customer Reviews

dorf
This boxed set is not described here by Amazon, and that makes it impossible to know what the content is. In fact some of the same dvds are offered by Amazon separately, so if you do not know which episodes are in this set you may already have some (like I did when I purchased this) or you may order some on a duplicated basis in the same order. So beware. For your information I will list the content here so that you can avoid this problem.

This set (The Bible) is the largest TV-based movie ever undertaken, and not to be confused with other films also named "The Bible", some of which are also sold here on Amazon.

The stars here include Ben Kingsley, Gary Oldman, Richard Harris, Dennis Hopper, Oliver Reed, Sean Bean, Barbara Hershey, Jeremy Sisto, Michael Gambon, Christopher Lee, Jonathan Pryce and Diana Rigg. Directors of the films in this series include Academy and Emmy award-winners Joseph Sargent, Roger Young, Nicolas Roeg and Robert Markowitz, with title music composed, arranged and conducted by the legendary Ennio Morricone.

This set includes all thirteen installments of the original award-winning Bible Series and all four episodes of the original "Close to Jesus" have been integrated to form this collection, of over 37 hours of movie running time.

The Box Set contains the following dvds:

Abraham
Apocalypses Revelation
David
Esther
Genesis
Jacob
Jeremiah
Jesus
Joseph
Joseph Of Nazareth
Judas
Mary Magdalene
Moses
Saint Paul
Samson And Delilah
Solomon
Thomas

Bible box set - particularly Jeremiah
Excellent acting throughout! Especially enjoyed watching Oliver Reed, who played Jeremiah.
I loved the films and felt they were an invaluable witness to all, and would definitely recommend them.
I took the Set on holiday to Peru for my relatives.
My daughter's mother in law who is blind could only hear the Jesus film but was profoundly touched by it, she made a lot of appreciative noises and she cannot speak through having a brain tumour. Your thoughts and prayers for her would be greatly appreciated.
Only criticism was, maybe not 100% scripturally precise. An element of poetic licence only so common when producing films.

Not too sure...
Be aware that, whilst the David DVD is fairly good, having watched Mary Magdalene this bears little relevance to the Biblical account of Mary. It is for all intents and purposes an entirely different story. Artistic license? Nope, a made up story of a wealthy Mary conned out of her wealth by her husband, driven into slavery and into two relationships with Roman legionnaires. There is no mention of her being a prostitute. Theologians argue over the identity of the woman caught in the act of adultery (the "let him who is without sin cast the first stone" episode). It is definitely not referred to in this movie. I imagine that Joseph of Nazareth amd Thomas may be similar as little is mentioned of them in the Bible.