Bible Collection

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The Bible Collection is a series of films produced for the TNT television network, starting with Abraham in April 1994 and ending with Thomas in April 2001.[1][2] The Bible Collection consists of a 27-part miniseries in 17 volumes.[3][4][5][6]

The series grew out of an earlier series of Old Testament films produced by the Italian company Five Mile River Films in the 1990s.

Films

The films, originally aired as standalone television movies or as short miniseries, have been gathered and released in a numbered collection, with the secondary series title Close to Jesus on installments covering events during the lifetime of Jesus. The order of the collection may vary slightly from the order in which the films were originally produced.

# Title Year Director(s) Biblical figure(s) Runtime
1 Abraham 1993 Robert McKee Abraham 184 minutes
2 Genesis: The Creation and the Flood 1994 Ermanno Olmi Noah 93 minutes
3 Jacob 1994 Peter Hall Jacob 93 minutes
4 Joseph 1995 Roger Young Joseph 185 minutes
5 Moses 1995 Moses 182 minutes
6 Samson and Delilah 1996 Nicolas Roeg Samson and Delilah 179 minutes
7 David 1997 Robert Markowitz David 173 minutes
8 Solomon 1997 Roger Young Solomon 170 minutes
9 Jeremiah 1998 Harry Winer Jeremiah 91 minutes
10 Esther 1999 Raffaele Mertes Esther 87 minutes
11 Jesus 1999 Roger Young Jesus 174 minutes
12 Joseph of Nazareth 2000 Raffaele Mertes Saint Joseph 100 minutes
13 Mary Magdalene [it] 2000 Mary Magdalene 99 minutes
14 Paul the Apostle [it] 2000 Roger Young Paul the Apostle 177 minutes
15 Judas 2001 Raffaele Mertes Judas Iscariot 90 minutes
16 Thomas 2001 Thomas the Apostle 93 minutes
17 The Apocalypse 2002 John the Apostle 93 minutes

See also

References

  1. ^ "TNT Premieres Samson and Delilah". Rocky Mountain News.
  2. ^ "The Newest Testament Scope of 'Bible' Series Reaches, Well, Biblical Proportions". Chicago Tribune.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ "The Complete Bible Collection". IMDb. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  4. ^ "Review: The Bible Collection (dir. various, 1993-1995)". FilmChat. June 30, 1996. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  5. ^ "Review: The Bible Collection (dir. various, 1996-1997)". FilmChat. March 2, 1998. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  6. ^ "Review: The Bible Collection (dir. various, 1994-1999)". FilmChat. April 29, 2001. Retrieved January 22, 2022.


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