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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: WALKING THE BIBLE (DVD MOVIE) EAN: 0783421409194 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Item Dimensions: Label: Wgbh Boston Languages: Manufacturer: Wgbh Boston MPN: WG40919 Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Wgbh Boston Region Code: 1 Release Date: March 28, 2006 Running Time: 168 minutes Studio: Wgbh Boston Theatrical Release Date: January 04, 2006 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Both a heart-racing adventure and an uplifting quest Walking the Bible presents one man s epic journey- by foot jeep rowboat and camel- through the greatest stories ever told. From crossing the Red Sea to climbing Mount Sinai to touching the burning bush Bruce Feiler s inspiring odyssey will forever change your view of history s most legendary events.The stories in the first five books of the Bible also known as the Torah come alive as Feiler searches across three continents for the stories and heroes shared by Christians and Jews. You ll visit the slopes of Mount Ararat where Noah s ark landed trek to the desert outpost where Abraham first heard the words of God and scale the summit where Moses received the Ten Commandments. A once-in-a-lifetime journey Walking the Bible offers new insights into the roots of our common faith and uncovers fresh answers to the most profound questions of the human spirit.Bruce Feiler is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books including Walking the Bible: A Photographic Journey. He is also a frequent contributor to NPR and is a contributing editor at Gourmet and Parade.System Requirements:Running Time 168 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MISCELLANEOUS/SPECIAL INTEREST Rating: NR UPC: 783421409194 Manufacturer No: WG40919 Amazon.com: Bruce Feiler has written books about a variety of subjects, from teaching English in Japan (Learning to Bow) to joining the circus (Under the Big Top), but with Walking the Bible, he mostly eschews the whimsy and humor of his previous work in favor of something considerably more profound: an epic search across the Middle East for the locations of the stories found in the Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament. Feiler's trek yields some fascinating revelations (so to speak): The Garden of Eden, in Mesopotamia, was mostly water. In order to accommodate the 18,000 or so animals it took on board, Noah's Ark would have been half the size of the Titanic, with an entire deck just for the 600 tons of manure the creatures deposited. The body of water that Moses parted might not have been the Red Sea, but rather a shallow, reedy lake. And the burning bush, which monks at Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai say still lives within the walls of their sanctuary, has blossoms like roses and fruits like raspberries. Yet while the prospect of visiting the actual places where Biblical events took place is an intriguing one, the results are often inconclusive at best. When Feiler climbs Mt. Ararat, long thought to be the final resting place of the Ark, a local known as "the mayor of the mountain" boasts that he knows where the remnants are but refuses to show them to the visitor. Other locations remain elusive, rooted as much in myth as in fact; there are 22 possible candidates for Mt. Sinai, where Moses was said to have received the Ten Commandments from God. Feiler is no fundamentalist, and he wrestles with the imbalance between science and belief. But in the end, matters of physical evidence and proof become relatively unimportant. "The Bible transcends science," he says; it is the "larger meaning" that matters. Clearly, his sojourn had a profound impact on his faith. --Sam Graham Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Walking The BibleWalking The Bible brings to life the background in which the Biblical stories were writen. Which gives a dimension that does not exisit in just the writen word. Very well done with out taking sides on any religious beliefs. Rating: - Walk through history and look for the presence of GodI felt like I was attending a well done presentation at graduate school. It was wonderful not to have to filter out theological, archaeological, or linguistic jargon. It was given as smoothly as a long talk on the phone to a friend. Very nice job. It felt like there were no biases here, just an open seeking for the truth, and matching the evidence to the Bible, to the local legends. This gave a more complete picture than someone with a theological axe to grind, be it Fundamentalist, Atheist, ... Read More Rating: - A profound journeyThis three-part series, based on Bruce Feiler's book of the same name, takes the viewer on a fascinating and profound journey (literally) through the first five books of the Bible. While Mr. Feiler isn't some fundamentalist, he's not some die-hard skeptic either. He went on this journey through Israel, Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey to better understand the Bible, to get a deeper sense of spirituality, and to reconnect with his faith, not to try to disprove everything in the Bible at every turn or to try to ... Read More Rating: - Walking the Bible reviewI saw this originally on PBS and I wanted to get the DVD for my library. This show made me stop and go back and reread many of the stories I had learned in sunday school. Instead of reading words on a page, Bruce Feiler shows you a picture of where it is believed that the events occurred. And what is shown is a lot different that what we've seen in the movies. My only complaint is that it is only 3 hours long. It could have been much longer. When you consider all of the junk that is put on TV and into ... Read More Rating:  - THEY EDITED THE DVD RELEASE.I FIRST WATCHED THIS PRODUCTION ON TELEVISION. WHY WAS IT EDITED? ONE PARTICULAR PART EDITED WAS THE DISCUSSION OF THE FIRE AND BRIMSTONE DESTROYING SODOM AND GOMORAH. INSTEAD, YOU ONLY GET A FEW SECONDS SHOWING A SALT PILLAR. 
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