Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites : The Gifts of the Jews (2003)
Directed by Carl Byker / Mitch Wilson
Genres - Historical Film, Spirituality & Philosophy |
Sub-Genres - Religions & Belief Systems, World History, Biography |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
The series concludes by following the Jews as they adjust to the loss of their temple in the 1st century A.D. and their homeland in the second. "But it wouldn't be the death of Judaism," says narrator Keith David. "In the years [that followed], some of the greatest minds in religious history would struggle to reinvent the religion of Moses and David" amid threats, first by the Romans, then by Christian anti-Semitism. Among them: Yochanan ben Zachai, the Pharisee who was instrumental in developing the concept of the synagogue, where everyone---not just priests---could worship and study; and Akiva, who organized oral tradition into what would later become the Talmud, what David calls "a how-to book for practicing Judaism."
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Israelites, monotheism, Judaism, kingdom, religion, triumph, anti-Semitism, bloodshed, Christianity, destruction, escape, ethics, Palestine, patriarch, Rabbi, Roman, temple, tribe, turmoil, zealot