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1. Patterns of Evidence: Exodus (2014)
Unrated | 115 min | Documentary, History
An investigation into the validity of the Exodus.
Director: Timothy P. Mahoney | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Benjamin Netanyahu, David Rohl, Shimon Peres
Votes: 1,199
2. The Story of the Jews (2013– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History
A historical documentary tracing the Jewish experience from ancient to modern times, presented by Simon Schama and based on his book of the same name.
Stars: Simon Schama, Norman Lebrecht
Votes: 301
3. Bible's Buried Secrets (2011– )
60 min | Documentary, History
Francesca Stavrakopoulou, a scholar of the Hebrew bible, challenges commonly believed interpretations of the Bible. Including the belief that King David ruled a vast empire in the 10th ... See full summary »
Stars: Liev Schreiber, Francesca Stavrakopoulou, Aren Meir, Israel Finkelstein
Votes: 197
4.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
The Bible's Buried Secrets
(2008)
TV-PG | 112 min | Documentary
A powerful partnership between science and scholarship breaks exciting new ground in investigating the origins of the ancient Israelites, their faith in a single, omnipotent God and the creation of the Bible.
Director: Gary Glassman | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Stockard Channing, Gabriel Barkay, Amnon Ben Tor
Votes: 111
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5. Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses (2006– )
Documentary
Votes: 86
6. The Bible Unearthed: The Making of a Religion (2005– )
208 min | Documentary
A documentary based on the groundbreaking 2001 book with the same name by Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman.
Votes: 37
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7. Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites (2003 TV Movie)
TV-G | 220 min | Documentary, History
In 586 B.C., the Babylonians lead almost all that remains of the tribe of Judah - the Israelites - to exile in Babylon. Only a few generations earlier, the northern tribes of the Israelites... See full summary »
Directors: Carl Byker, Mitch Wilson | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Rene Auberjonois, Jake Borowski, Keith David
Votes: 103
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8. Testament (1988)
50 min | Documentary
No single work has shaped Western civilization more than the Bible. In this provocative seven-part series, renowned archaeologist John Romer (Ancient Lives) traces the roots of the world's ... See full summary »
Star: John Romer
Votes: 35
9. A Life Apart: Hasidism in America (1997)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
Hasidic Jews seem alien, and even hostile, to those outside their culture,which frequently includes other Jews. They dress differently, don't mingle between the sexes, speak Yiddish, and ... See full summary »
Directors: Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky | Stars: Leonard Nimoy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zeldy Abromowitz, Yaffa Eliach
Votes: 184
10. Jerusalem (2013)
Not Rated | 44 min | Documentary, Short
An immersive experience about one of the world's most beloved cities. Discover why this tiny piece of land is sacred to billions of people and how archaeology is uncovering secrets of Jerusalem's past.
Director: Daniel Ferguson | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jodi Magness, Farah Ammouri, Austin Carder
Votes: 1,301 | Gross: $7.99M
11. Jerusalem: Center of the World (2009)
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary
The history of the city of Jerusalem is told from it's beginning as a Cannanite city that Abraham was led to by God up to the modern day and how all three religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have their history there.
Director: Andrew Goldberg
Votes: 47
12. Patterns of Evidence: Moses Controversy (2019)
Not Rated | 140 min | Documentary
A filmmaker searches for scientific evidence that Moses wrote the first books of the Bible.
Director: Timothy P. Mahoney | Stars: Michael Shelomo Bar-Ron, William G. Dever, Manis Friedman, Duane Garrett
Votes: 158
13. The Long Way Home (1997)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, History, War
The story of the post World War II Jewish refugee situation from liberation to the establishment of the modern state of Israel.
Director: Mark Jonathan Harris | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Israel Lau, Livia Shacter, Abraham Klausner
Votes: 1,270
14. VeHaaretz Hayta Tohu vaVohu: Toldot Eretz Yisrael (2016–2017)
55 min | Documentary, History
The history of the Land of Israel from prehistoric times to the Ottoman period.
Stars: Maharta Baruch, Dori Parnas, Merav Batito, Ishai Golan
Votes: 19
15. Israelism (2023)
84 min | Documentary
When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns. Their stories reveal a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity.
Directors: Erin Axelman, Sam Eilertsen | Stars: Peter Beinart, Jeremy Ben-Ami, Noam Chomsky, Abraham Foxman
Votes: 3,875
16. The Great Eagle (2017)
50 min | Documentary
When delving into the world of Maimonides, the greatest Jewish adjudicator and philosopher in history, one thing becomes clear: if he were to suddenly awake and appear in the State of ... See full summary »
Star: Haïm Ulliel
17.
Forbidden History (2013– )
Episode:
The Dead Sea Scrolls
(2018)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History
Jamie Theakston investigates the Dead Sea Scrolls visiting the caves where they were discovered to find out who wrote them and why they were hidden away.
Director: Bruce Burgess | Stars: Jamie Theakston, Khader Baidun, Cliff Chapman, David Elkington
Votes: 18
18. Marching to Zion (2015)
101 min | Documentary, History
Documentary tracing the history of the Jewish people from the destruction of the temple in AD 70 to the modern-day nation of Israel. Through scriptural and historical evidence, DNA, ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wittenberger | Stars: Steven L. Anderson, Texe Marrs, Leo Abrami, Reuven Mann
Votes: 1,846
19. One of Us (IV) (2017)
95 min | Documentary
Penetrating the insular world of New York's Hasidic community, focusing on three individuals driven to break away despite threats of retaliation.
Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Stars: Etty, Chani Getter, Ari Hershkowitz, Luzer Twersky
Votes: 7,131
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