Dramatizing the Bible is an impossible task to begin with. No way could it be done justice. Every reader of the Bible is attracted to certain parts of the Scripture. So the question becomes, “which part of the story do we highlight?”
It becomes a judgement call by somebody, because you can’t dramatize the whole Bible. Too long.
Of course Biblical drama is always (”The Passion” excepted) disappointing. I am trying to keep the idea foremost in mind that there may be many people who are seeing the “basic” stories of the Bible for the first time. My prayer is that some will have enough curiosity aroused to venture into the Bible on their own. That should be our prayer and hope.
Man has dramatized the Bible for centuries and I’ve never seen worse than the first episode which is all I can force myself to warch.
Of course I can’t argue against “any publicity is good publicity”. Pathetic though the show is IMO maybe it will indeed pique someone to the Bible.
That is my hope as well.
The series may not be the “work of art” many are longing for.
But I find it to be entertaining. Should the Bible be entertaining? Probably not...but consider that the audience that maybe watching might be intrigued enough to pick up a Bible. Or if the ratings are good enough, other stations might follow suit and do their own series. Sadly, that’s how things start..ratings. Think about it. One station does a reality show...we are flooded with reality shows. One station does a crime drama..we are flooded with them. I pray this pattern holds true.