Bible Series problem with Tonight's episode

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robwar said:
I didn’t see it but I am not surprised because my impression of the series is that it is hit or miss and selective on what it show and dramatizes from the Bible. I am not sure what Bible experts and consultants the producers used, Protestant or Catholic. I felt they emphasized the more gruesome and violent parts, at least in the OT. The producers mean well but it is pretty tough to reduce a large book with many parts and characters down to a mini series for TV on the history channel which is everything but actual or accurate history.
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I was rather disturbed by the Ministry episode for a different reason or three.
  1. They never showed Jesus at a meal, or eating or drinking, except for a sip at the Last Supper. In real life, Jesus had a reputation as a glutton and drunkard, he ate with tax collectors, and we see plenty of his ministry at meals. What, is he an angel now? (Wait, he can’t be–he doesn’t have a red hooded cloak.)
  2. They even more rarely show Jesus praying. I mean, they did have the raising of Lazarus–but left out the prayer? Or is Jesus doing all this on his own? The Bible insists that he always acts in union with the Father. Luke often mentions him spending the night in prayer.
  3. Much of the context was left out. He meets the 5000, and immediately feeds them? The Gospels (except John) all mention at least some hours in ministry; at the feeding of the 4000 in Mark 8, they have been with Jesus for some days. This would make more sense in terms of the mighty work: not so much Jesus showing off, but Jesus fulfilling a pressing need: they need food lest they collapse from hunger on the way.
 
VeritasLuxMea said:
Yes. He was probably not European-looking.

When in doubt, always make the bad guy (including Satan) black, right? Especially if it helps him contrast with the non-historical interpretation of the hero was European! 😉
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I caught that, but there were also black angels earlier, so I didn’t get too uptight. In general, they could have used more semitic-looking actors.
 
Bballer32 said:
To everyone that watched the fourth episode of this epic series, here’s what i found wrong.

In this episode, it is basically portraying Jesus’ ministry with his disciple all the way up to the betrayal. What i saw, well actually my mom saw (which is kind of surprising since she was a former Protestant), was the with THE 12 there was a women. Like she went everywhere that the original 12 did. AND they showed her more and having more authority than some of the 12.

In the episode, you find out that this woman is Mary the sister of Martha and Lazarus. I understand that they were really close friends with Jesus and his family, but i think that they portrayed her in a sense that seemed to come from a feminist view of the Bible. (Just my opinion)

I was keeping my cool for a bit when they showed her constantly doing things or speaking of the things of the Apostles, but i REALLY LOST IT when they had her SITTING in the same room and partaking in the Last Supper!

As a man that has come to love the Eucharist with my heart and the mystery of Christ’s priesthood, i don’t think that it was very appropriate to have that in the show. Now i understand that the directors were Catholic and protestant but still…

anyone else feel the same way?
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There’s an enormous amount of poetic license taken with every episode in that series. I find it curious that of the uncountable number of liberties taken in their portrayal of these stories, you choose to focus on this one particular issue.

Personally it doesn’t bother me. About 10 minutes into the first episode, I gave up any hope that it would adhere strictly to the text and chose to just enjoy the series as an artistic depiction of stories that I know and love.
 
adrift said:
I am afraid I didn’t have sense to stop then.:o I had it with the portrayal of Joseph as modern day husband:mad:
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I didn’t particularly like the young Joseph either; I imagined him to be a decade or two older than Mary, but I made do. I like who plays older Mary (Roma Downey) and her acting abilities as her. She seems like a good fit, very maternal towards the man that plays Jesus.
Lisa1967 said:
I didn’t see that episode as I was watching basketball. I had a few issues with some of the previous episodes, like the character of Samson.
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What was wrong with the character of Samson? From what I watched, his character was as I had imagined him (well, I had imagined him as a man with a Middle Eastern complexion, but him being black did nothing to change his character and how he acted in story in The Bible).
pnewton said:
I do not think the Bible uses the word “just”. That is an addition, just like is being complained about. I am just saying that we do not know. They may have been behind DaVinci while he was painting. I do not understand why this artists’ (the movie) is condemned and while others are elevated to cultural acceptance.
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I agree. It’s not entirely known if Mary Magdalene (or the other women who followed Jesus, such as Joanna and the many other Marys) were there at the Last Supper or not: perhaps they prepared the meal? Perhaps not? We just do not know. I don’t find it relevant to the overall meaning of the Last Supper and therefore don’t dwell on it particularly.
_Abyssinia said:
10 inaccuracies in The Bible . . . the miniseries, not the book
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Interesting read. I’ve enjoyed this series, but I felt that some things were “out of place,” for lack of a better term.
 
I must admit that my curiousity was aroused with the OP. I watched the last supper scene three times. I can’t find a woman at the table. Can someone tell me where she was sitting? I found her with the Apostle leaving to go to the garden. It was jarring to see her in the boat. You can argue that she might have been at the meal but on the boat?
 
I didn’t see her at the table, and I was looking for her because of what the OP said.
adrift said:
I must admit that my curiousity was aroused with the OP. I watched the last supper scene three times. I can’t find a woman at the table. Can someone tell me where she was sitting? I found her with the Apostle leaving to go to the garden. It was jarring to see her in the boat. You can argue that she might have been at the meal but on the boat?
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DaddyGirl said:
It would be a logical assumption that women were there cooking and serving and filling their glasses and adding to their plates…since women were the ones who did that job back then, not men.
Unless you’re gonna tell me that these men-- who had very, very clear ideas as to what men did vs what women did – all suddenly become Mr. Mom at the Last Supper and cook and serve their own dinner?
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I agree; I would imagine that if the Last Supper was indeed a Passover seder, it wouldn’t be hard to imagine Mary Magdalene (as well as the other women who followed Jesus) cooked and served dinner to Jesus and His Apostles.
 
Jesus tells His disciples to go and prepare the meal. If you consider that being “Mr. Mom”:rolleyes:, then I guess they were.

Who is P Newton?
 
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