Nova - The Bible's Buried Secrets

[dave_littler]

A couple of weeks ago, I watched a fantastic documentary from Nova called "The Bible's Buried Secrets". As people who know me are well aware, this sort of thing is like crack to me. It essentially looks at the very early history of the Israelite people by means of a combination of approaches and creating a synthesis which is very compelling to me.

Comments

[morgian_le_faye]

Oh thank you! I'm so glad PBS is finally putting videos up on their website. Now I don't have to make sure I am home Sunday night for Masterpiece Theatre! This program definitely looks interesting too.

[dave_littler]

De nada. Always a pleasure to share my simple joys with those who'll appreciate it.

[kitsunetorn]

Suggestion. Have you tried checking the PBS site while using an anonymous US proxy? Might be a bit slower, but you'll be able to get the best video quality without waiting on the torrent.

[dave_littler]

Well, obviously it's not an issue for me, since - as mentioned - I watched it a few weeks ago. But for anyone reading this and who doesn't mind mucking about with proxies, this is probably a very valid way to go about this task.

[serenity_winner]

Thanks for the link, I love stuff like this.

[liddle_oldman]

Someone once defined "myth" as "the story a people tells to themselves to explain who they are". I can see how the embarrassing parts could get left out as they pass the stories on.

I took a mythology course once, a long time ago, and one of the things I carried away was that Genesis sounds a lot like a lot of other creation or emergence stories -- "We used to live somewhere much better, but Trickster got us to leave and now we can't find our way back".