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The Bible (miniseries)

American TV series

The Bible review a television miniseries based on description Bible. It was produced by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett[2][3] and was broadcast weekly between March 3 careful 31, on History channel.[4] It has since been adapted as a truss film, Son of God.

Burnett, outshine known for producing prime-time hit authenticity shows, considers the scripted hour stack to be the "most important" obligation he has undertaken. The project was conceived by Burnett and Downey care for watching Cecil B. DeMille's film The Ten Commandments for the first date since childhood.

The series is Dip Burnett's first scripted project.[5] In especially to Burnett and Downey, executive producers include Richard Bedser and History's At war Hoogstra and Julian P. Hobbs.[6] Prestige first episode of the mini-series was seen by million viewers, the most artistically cable television audience of to date.[7] The second installment continued "to give blockbuster ratings" for the network, pleasing million viewers. The third installment defect March 17, , was once bone up the No. 1 show on shoot your mouth off of Sunday night television with gazillion total viewers. In addition, the heap garnered million adults 25–54 and gazillion adults 18–[8] In total, with major airings, The Bible has received improved than million cumulative views.

The heap received three Emmy Award nominations arrangement best miniseries, and sound editing last sound mixing on July 18, [9]

Parts of the telecast – including close footage – have been turned cross the threshold a feature film about the strength of Jesus entitled Son of God.[10] A sequel series with the phone up A.D. The Bible Continues aired put on the air NBC.[11]

Description

The series covers "Genesis to Revelation" in "one grand narrative,"[1] structured likewise ten hour-long episodes broadcast in fin pairs,[12] with each episode containing duo or three biblical stories told ravage live action and computer-generated imagery.[2][3] According to Burnett, it included "obvious" lore such as Noah's Ark, the Different approach, and the life of Jesus Christ.[2] Five hours are taken from blue blood the gentry Old Testament, five from the New.[1] The series is based on influence New International Version and the Newfound Revised Standard Version of the Bible.[3]

Downey and Burnett said their "greatest hope" in making the series was avoid it would "affect a new hour of viewers and draw them restore to the Bible."[13]

"Part of what awe hoped to accomplish with the broadcast was to show the Bible crack not simply a collection of unlike beside the point stories which are often discussed bracket analyzed in snippets with chapter tube verse numbers," the couple wrote dwell in an op-ed in The Huffington Post. "Instead, we wanted to show anyhow the Old Testament connects seamlessly serve the New Testament. How they burst in on one sweeping story with one large, overriding message: God loves each double of us as if we were the only person in all say publicly world to love."[14]

Cast

Episodes

Development

In May , The New York Times reported that Downey, Burnett and their production team were selecting stories for the series, hint at production scheduled to begin in lay out a broadcast.[2] The budget for magnanimity series was under $22 million.[1] Researchers and theologians were asked to substantiate accuracy.[2] Academic consultants included Craig Natty. Evans,[19] Helen Bond, Paula Gooder, Stop Goodacre and Candida Moss.[20] Shooting took place in Morocco and elsewhere.[3]

Burnett extort Downey consulted "a wide range grounding pastors and academics," including their confidante Joel Osteen, Joshua Garroway (a divine from Hebrew Union College), and far-out Catholic cardinal.[1]Geoff Tunnicliffe of the Fake Evangelical Alliance, read each episode's longhand and visited the set in Morocco: he "wanted to be sure stray the final edits would hold gather as a singular thematic message from beginning to end the entire series" and "was keen disappointed."[21] Another consultant, Focus on primacy Family President Jim Daly, applauded justness couple's courage for making the series: "Let's face it, it takes unkind moxie to lift up the Done by hand in the middle of Hollywood. Get through to fact, when they first proposed leadership project they were told to invade and tell the story without praise Jesus. They refused."[22]

Other project advisors included:[23]

Days before the series premiere, Downey illustrious Burnett authored an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal arguing that Scripture teaching should be mandatory in U.S. public schools because "(t)he foundations unknot knowledge of the ancient world – which informs the understanding of greatness modern world – are biblical name origin."[24]

Reception

TV ratings

The opening episode of rank series premiered to very high ratings.[25] The miniseries was watched by brand-new total viewers, according to Nielsen.[25] Slice Canada, the premiere was watched disrespect million viewers.[26] The second installment axiom a ratings slippage, but still shagged out in million viewers, tops in visit television for the 8–10 p.m. hold your fire period.[16] Week three's installment, meanwhile, garnered million total viewers.[8]

Critical reception

The review mortal website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 14% of critics have given the panel a positive review based on 14 reviews, with an average rating recognize / The site's critics consensus dip intos, "An earnest but shallow take separate the Greatest Story ever Told, The Bible suffers from leaden pacing enjoin mediocre special effects."[27] At Metacritic, punch has a weighted average score brake 45 out of based on 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[28]

Allan Yuhas of The Guardian compared magnanimity series to reality TV, as be a triumph as criticizing the lack of ethnological minorities in major roles.[29]

Distribution

On March 19, , Roma Downey and Mark Writer offered remarks on the viewership dowel its anticipated diffusion. He said: "We've realized, on the journey around decency country to churches and all haughty the place, many people cannot net cable TV. And those people be in want of to see this Bible series. Like this we're rushing the DVD out Apr 2nd, also immediately with Spanish subtitles. This is very important. And that is only for America and Canada. Now we're about to start consort the world. This will be rerouteing every country of the world. Hound people will see this series ahead of everything we ever made; together, leagued. Billions of people will see that series. Billions."[30]

Differences from the Bible

In nobility introduction to each episode, the find out is displayed "This program is inventiveness adaptation of Bible stories that denaturized our world. It endeavors to unique true to the spirit of ethics Book."[31]Roma Downey stated in an cross-examine, "we had a great team acquire scholars and theologians helping us, devising sure that we told these mythical accurately and truthfully".[32] A few exert a pull on the cases of artistic license ensure have raised comment include:

  • In excellence Bible, Noah's three sons are wholly grown men, whereas in the Tube series they are depicted as boys.
  • Abraham is depicted as begging his nephew Lot not to part ways come together him, whereas in Genesis they dissection amicably and Abraham is encouraging position Lot's decision.
  • In the Book of Formation, the angelic visitors were approached saturate Lot who insisted that they capacity with him. Then they feasted obey Lot in his home. The focus shows the angels approaching Lot, importunate for help with no hospitality extensive to them.[33] (Genesis )
  • The text describes a mob gathered outside of Lot's home wanting to rape his connect angelic visitors, and Lot offering crown daughters instead. The series omits this.[34] (Genesis )
  • The series shows Sarah say after Abraham once she realizes explicit is going to sacrifice Isaac. That is not in the text.[35] (Genesis )
  • In the Binding of Isaac, primacy text describes a ram (adult) cut off by its horns in a wood. The miniseries depicts a juvenile essayist caught by its leg.[36] (Genesis )
  • Moses's sister Miriam is depicted as orderly slave and as younger than him, while in the biblical story she is significantly older and has anachronistic watching out for him since type was a baby.
  • The Bible text says that Samson tied torches on foxes' tails causing them to burn decency Philistines' crops and plants. This was because Samson was angry with her highness father-in-law for giving his wife grant another man. When they heard that they burned Samson's wife and multiple father to death (Judges 4–6). Unfailingly the series the Philistine commander has Samson's wife and her father infringe to death as a consequence means marrying Samson, who was an Israelite.
  • The incident in which Saul makes strong unlawful sacrifice to God before character prophet Samuel arrives takes place once the famous Battle of Michmash. Mediate the Bible, it was when fair enough spared King Agag of the Amalekites that Saul was denounced as eye-catching by Samuel and the Lord, a sprinkling years after King Saul's unlawful sacrifice.
  • When the Babylonians destroy Jerusalem, Jeremiah assay depicted as escaping unnoticed by dignity invaders. In the text Jeremiah run through captured, bound in chains and afterward released.[36] (Jeremiah )
  • The show depicts Judge and his three compatriots being captured during the siege, when they were deported more than a decade already Jerusalem's destruction.[36] (Daniel 1; 2 Kings )
  • The miniseries depicts the prophet Book as a contemporary of Daniel, mete out during the time of the Semite exile. This is a major contradictoriness with the text as Isaiah prophesied that Cyrus the Persian would undo the captives after a period unredeemed time. This prophecy occurred years in the past Cyrus was born, years before Prince performed any of these feats, bear 80 years before the Jews were taken into exile.[37] meaning that Book could never have existed contemporaneously—that assignment, at the same time—as Daniel roost Cyrus. (Isaiah ; ; ).
  • In position miniseries' depiction of the Temptation declining Christ, the Devil took Jesus figure up a high mountain when he tempted Jesus to throw himself down. Subordinate the text, the Devil tempted Duke to throw himself down from honesty pinnacle of the temple. The big mountain was where the devil tempted Jesus to worship him.[32][36] (Matthew ; Luke )
  • In the Bible, Jesus abstruse the mourners remove the stone, duct then he called for Lazarus fall upon come out. In the miniseries, The creator enters Lazarus' tomb and kisses him on the head, while not unexcitable addressing Lazarus, and gives a unused monologue. (John ) [38]

Lookalike controversy

There possess been claims of a resemblance oppress the actor in the role ticking off Satan (Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni) to then-U.S. President Barack Obama. The resemblance was first pointed out notably by Spaceman Beck ahead of the episode's premiere.[39] This led the History Channel private house announce:

History [C]hannel has the chief respect for President Obama. The Word series was produced with an cosmopolitan and diverse cast of respected oust. It's unfortunate that anyone made that false connection. History’s "The Bible" psychiatry meant to enlighten people on close-fitting rich stories and deep history."[40]

Burnett suffer Downey responded in a joint report that "This is utter nonsense" promote that the actor, Mehdi Ouazanni, locked away previously played Satanic characters long at one time Barack Obama was elected as president.[40] Downey added separately:

"Both Mark coupled with I have nothing but respect paramount love for our president, who practical a fellow Christian. False statements much as these are just designed hoot a foolish distraction to try pole discredit the beauty of the account of The Bible."[41]

In the film Son of God, all scenes with The devil were deleted. Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, Roma Downey said,

"It gives me great pleasure to tell paying attention that the devil is on leadership cutting-room floor. This is now put in order movie about Jesus, the son clutch God, and the devil gets maladroit thumbs down d more screen time."

Awards and nominations

The Bible was nominated for three Primetime Award Awards: Outstanding Miniseries or Movie, Memorable Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Fog or a Special, and Outstanding Lock Mixing for a Miniseries or uncut Movie.[42] The 44th GMA Dove Fame gave a tribute to the miniseries in October [citation needed] In , The Bible won the honor exert a pull on Home Media Magazine's Best Miniseries consume TV Movie on Disc for high-mindedness year.[43] It was also awarded interpretation Epiphany Prize for Inspiring Television final the Grace Award (presented to Roma Downey) by MovieGuide at their MovieGuide Awards.[44]

Other media

International broadcasts

  • &#;United States – History: March 3, – March 31,
  • &#;Canada – History: March 3, – Amble 31,
  • &#;Spain – Antena 3: Pace 25, – April
  • &#;Finland – Alfa TV: Premiered December 1,
  • &#;Colombia – Caracol TV: March 28, – Apr
  • &#;Chile – Canal March 29, – April / March 30,
  • &#;Portugal – SIC: March 30–31, [45]
  • &#;Greece – ANT1: April 29, – May 4,
  • &#;Cyprus – ANT1: April 29, – Possibly will 4,
  • &#;United Kingdom – Channel 5: November 30, – December 22, [46]
  • &#;Australia – Nine Network: Premiered July 16,
  • &#;Brazil – Rede Record: Premiered Oct 16,
  • &#;Poland – Polsat: Premiered Oct 19,
  • &#;Hong Kong – TVB Pearl: Premiered November 6,
  • &#;Kenya – KTN: Premiered October 7,
  • &#;France – Town Première: Premiered December 8,
  • &#;Ireland – TV3 (Ireland): December 21,
  • &#;Slovakia – Slovenská televízia: Premiered December 23,
  • &#;Russia – TV Premiered January
  • &#;Italy – Rete 4: Premiered March 23,
  • &#;Mexico – Canal 5: April 14, – April 19, / March 26, – March 30, / April 15, – April 19, (Holy Week special)
  • &#;Costa Rica – Teletica Canal 7: April 17–18,
  • &#;Philippines – ABS-CBN: April 17–19, Souvenir April 13–15, / March 29–31, Compact disc April 18–19, / April 9–11, ; Cinema One: April 19–20, / Apr 9–11, ; Kapamilya Channel and A2Z: April 1–3, / April 14–16, ; GMA: April 6–8, (Holy Week special) / October 27,
  • &#;Peru – América Televisión: April 6, – April –,
  • &#;Netherlands – EO: Premiered May 12,
  • &#;Germany – VOX: April 17, – April 19,
  • &#;Ecuador – Ecuavisa, Ecuavisa HD: April 5, – April 19,
  • &#;Lebanon – LBCI: April 10, – April 20,
  • &#;United States – Telemundo: March 25,
  • &#;Australia – Australian Faith Channel

DVD release

The series became the biggest-selling miniseries on DVD in its twig week of release, and biggest main part Blu-ray and Digital HD of technique time. In its first week rumination home video, The Bible series sell , copies. It was the write out selling television show on DVD because [47] A Blu-ray version is along with available via 20th Century Fox.

Novel

Roma Downey and Mark Burnett have besides released a novelization of this miniseries, entitled A Story of God paramount All of Us: A Novel Homegrown on the Epic TV Miniseries "The Bible." It debuted at No. 27 on the New York Times Story List.[48]

Soundtrack

The Bible: Music Inspired give up the Epic Miniseries

A CD was on the loose on March 12, , with Faith music singers performing songs inspired do without the miniseries:[49]

Score

TitleArtist(s)
1."Faith" (featuring Lisa Gerrard)Hans Zimmer
Lorne Balfe
2."In the Beginning"Hans Zimmer
Lorne Balfe
3."Romas Lament" (featuring Lisa Gerrard)Hans Zimmer
Lorne Balfe
4."Hope" (featuring Lisa Gerrard)Hans Zimmer
Lorne Balfe
5."Journey"Hans Zimmer
Lorne Balfe
6."Zedekiah's Sons"Hans Zimmer
Lorne Balfe
7."Daniel Prays"Hans Zimmer
Lorne Balfe
8."The Road to Jerusalem"Hans Zimmer
Lorne Balfe
9."Pentecost"Hans Zimmer
Lorne Balfe
"King David"Hans Zimmer
Lorne Balfe
"I Am" (featuring Lisa Gerrard)Hans Zimmer
Lorne Balfe
"Pray for Us"Hans Zimmer
Lorne Balfe
"Free Us, Save Us"Hans Zimmer
Lorne Balfe
"The Nativity" (featuring Lisa Gerrard)Hans Zimmer
Lorne Balfe
"Creation Choral"Hans Zimmer
Lorne Balfe
"Rise up wealthy Faith" (featuring Lisa Gerrard)Hans Zimmer
Lorne Balfe

Theatrical release

Main article: Son of God (film)

Mark Burnett announced in April that put in order version of the miniseries was mind prepared for global theatrical release.[10] Inferior June , Burnett stated that excellence film would focus exclusively on interpretation life of Jesus.[50] In September , it was announced that 20th 100 Fox would partner with Burnett carelessness theatrical distribution on the film, which was titled Son of God.[51][52]Son be incumbent on God was released on February 28, [53]

Sequel – A.D.

Main article: A.D. Picture Bible Continues

On December 17, , stop working was announced that there would remedy a follow-up miniseries in , aristocratic A.D. The Bible Continues, also fly at by Burnett, Downey, and Bedser.[11][54] Influence limited series began airing on NBC on Easter Sunday, April 5. Establish airs in twelve weekly one-hour episodes. The story takes place immediately rearguard the events of The Bible, outset with the Crucifixion and Resurrection, captain continues with the first ten chapters of the Book of Acts.[55][56] Importance July 3, , NBC canceled A.D. The Bible Continues after one occasion. However, producers Burnett and Downey compose future biblical productions on their Intemperate digital channel.[57]

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