The Exodus Decoded (History Channel)
by Simcha Jacobovici
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Actor: James CameronDirector: Simcha Jacobovici
Brand: A&E HOME ENT.
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-31
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
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- The Exodus Decoded is a powerful feature-length documentary on a subject that has fascinated humankind for centuries--the Exodus. The visual language of the special breaks new ground for a documentary as it takes the viewer into a "Matrix-like" journey--a unique digital, organic experience--to investigate the Biblical story of the Exodus. Executive Produced by James Cameron (who appears on camera)
DVD Reviews of The Exodus Decoded (History Channel)
DVD Review: Imagination is not scholarship
Summary: 2 Stars
I picked up this title because I found the idea compelling, but seeing so much of what could have been evocative became hyperbole, I could not recommend it. Nothing within this documentary could be construed as proof, yet everything is presented as such. It has all the hallmarks of snake-oil salesmen telling people what they want to hear. If the suppositions had been set aside and the material allowed to stand on it's own, it presents some interesting information, but the majority of the presentation misrepresents the facts, and often the content of the Bible in order to fit the narrative.
I see this ultimately as something more damaging than encouraging, and suggest that anyone with a mind too weak to see through the distortions of this documentary not be exposed to it.
I do hope that the research continues, perhaps in the hands of those without such a transparent agenda.
DVD Review: The Exodus Decoded
Summary: 5 Stars
The DVD arrived quickly. It was everything I remember from seeing it on the History Channel. Regardless of your personal belief of the book of Exodus, this highly entertaining video challenges you to think and consider all of the possibilities.DVD Review: engrossing
Summary: 5 Stars
Outstanding and engrossing movie. It should be in public theaters. I think many people would enjoy the movie if they knew it was available. I highly recommend it. I have read a number of scholarly texts that corroborate these facts.DVD Review: Compelling information
Summary: 5 Stars
There is a lot of really good, compelling information that explains how the bible is being proven correct regarding the Israelites and their escape from Pharoah. They are using information and technology that scientists didn't have previously. It is very interesting and entertaining as well. I was at the edge of my seat the entire movie. I would highly recommend it. I never doubted it, but it is really cool when scientists take a second look and begin to see God is who He says He is, and the Bible is truth. DVD Review: Appalling manipulation of Greek archaeology
Summary: 1 Stars
I just saw The Exodus Decoded on History Channel.
At the beginning I found it very interesting and perhaps even convincing.
As the argument progressed, I became frustrated and exasperated!!! The extent of manipulation of Greek archaeology was amazing... As an experienced Greek archaeologist, who specializes in prehistory, I was appalled by the interpretation of a number of the Mycenae grave stelai, and further more of the golden ornament with the doves.
It is very easy to interpret an artifact in such a way to fit one's story. The grave stele are decorated with motifs that have been portrayed in Greek art since the 3rd millennium BC, and the golden ornament portrays a Minoan tripartite shrine (a motif very well documented in Minoan Art/Crete). Furthermore, the implications that the people who were buried in Mycenae/Greece were Hebrew, are beyond comment... Only someone who has no knowledge of Greek history and archaeology, would ever imply this.
The interpretation of the Thera fresco has also been manipulated to fit the Exodus story, too.
It is a great pity that a widely viewed channel, such as History Channel is, instead of stimulating people's minds, creates misconceptions of world history by offering dangerously misleading arguments, falling pray to the propaganda of certain producers and directors.
Mrs Maria Kamoulakou
Archaeologist
Description of The Exodus Decoded (History Channel)
At the very heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam lies the story of the Exodus, an epic tale of plagues, miracles and revelations. But the truth behind these events has been obscured by faith and time--until now. After six years of unprecedented research, host Simcha Jacobovici and a team of renowned archeologists, Egyptologists, geologists, and theologians shed revelatory new light on the Exodus and the era's ruling Egyptian Dynasty. Their new theory pushes events hundreds of years earlier than previously thought, allowing age-old stories to sparkle with new perspectives and startling historical import. Using elaborate, state-of-the-art CGI, THE EXODUS DECODED offers a stunning virtual account of stories like the birth of Moses, the ten plagues, and the parting of the Red Sea, revealing once and for all the difference between acts of Nature and the hand of God. Also included is a bonus disc that examines two pivotal figures of the Exodus--Moses and Ramses the Great--as well as the Ark of the Covenant. DVD Features: History in the Making Featurette; 3 Bonus Programs; Interactive Menus; Scene SelectionComplex yet utterly compelling, The Exodus Decoded is presented by movie director James Cameron (Titanic) but is the passion of Jewish-Canadian filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici. Jacobovici has extensively researched evidence that the Biblical account of the Exodus was real, and concludes that it actually took place in 1500 BCE (during the reign of pharaoh Ahmos I), historically known as the Hyksos Expulsion. The Hyksos people were a Semitic race about whom little is known. But their departure from Egypt, following a long enslavement, along with early writings and other physical evidence, make a strong case that they are the Hebrews of lore. Jacobovici suggests the Exodus is also connected to the catastrophic eruption of the Santorini volcano, which ended the Minoan civilization and triggered a limnic eruption (a surge of carbon dioxide) in the Nile river delta. The latter would have killed the river's fish but likely chased out all the frogs, a phenomenon that could have been considered one of the famous plagues in the Exodus story. (Jacobovici makes a case for the other so-called plagues also being a consequence of the eruption.) Whatever one's opinion of The Exodus Decoded as a historical documentary, it is engrossing viewing, shot in some truly exotic locations, often under the highly suspicious eye of Egyptian authorities. Several moments--such as the revelation of a Hyksos slave's rock carving, pleading with God to be rescued--are astonishing. --Tom Keogh
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