HOLY LAND REVELATIONS

total length: 48 minutes
language: English
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genre: Educational
© 1995

The Old Testament has sustained the faithful of three major world religions for thousands of years. For some, it is the funtamental truth, for others, mere legend. But for historians who investicate the awe-inspiring origins of the Holy Land, the Bible is the pre-eminent guide in existence. Now scholars have discovered startling new data that may stir the faith of over two and a half billion people.

I: "Who Were the Israelites?" - According to Scripture, Joshua led the tribes of Israel triumphantly into the Promised Land, crashing the walls of Jericho in a fiery conquest. But as each archaeologist stakes calim to a new theory about the Israelite's identity, the Biblical legend that has sustained Israel for centuries slowly diminishes in the sands of the desert.

II: "Lot's Cave" - Te Old Testament story of Lot is complete with angels, incest, apocalyptic fire and a defiant wife turned into a pillar of salt. Most think of this as a simple morality tale, but recent findings point to the contrary. join scientests in the breakthrough discovery of staggering evidence that breathes new life into the parable of Sodom and Gomorrah.

The unholy trintiy of archaeology, politics and religion leaves scholars to tread delicately through a volatile minefield where historical claim to land is a matter of war and peace.

Uses: Judaic Culture, Archeaology.