The three-part documentary concerning the Previous Testomony character Moses was among the many 10 hottest collection on Netflix.
“Testomony: The Story of Moses” debuted on the streaming platform in March because the No. 1 present, and since then the participating docudrama and interviews with consultants have captivated viewers.
Narrated by Charles Dance, the three-part collection “data the exceptional lifetime of Moses as prince, prophet, and extra, with insights from theologians and historians.”
“I consider 'The Prince of Egypt' or 'The Ten Commandments,' and people are all nice motion pictures, however Moses appears to be offered nearly as a superman,” Kelly McPherson, govt producer of the collection, informed the Christian Put up.
“We preferred that he was a flawed particular person, he had so much to beat and a childhood that many would say was tragic. We preferred to make him extra of an individual. He does issues which might be superheroic, sure, however the facet of him that was very, very human and really, very flawed on the similar time,” she continued.
Rabbi Maurice Harris, one of many collection' Jewish commentators and creator of “Moses: A Stranger Amongst Us,” thinks Moses' humanity resonates with viewers.
“This is likely one of the higher examples of this sort of biblical story making it to the massive display screen,” he informed The Jewish Telegraphic Company. “And I additionally suppose that perhaps it's shocking sufficient for audiences from completely different backgrounds to maintain folks engaged.”
Harris provides that the variety of the skilled panel can be enticing to viewers.
“Inside quarter-hour, you're confronted with the truth that you're listening to from Muslims and Jews and Christians and men and women,” Harris mentioned. “And for those who're somebody who comes from a 'small' extremely conservative non secular background that's sort of dedicated to deciphering the Bible very actually, you're confronted with the truth that you could have a number of conservative and liberal members of those three traditions who’re additionally responding. And my guess is that it most likely helps increase the viewers.”
Whereas most opinions of the collection have been optimistic, others criticized it for its “artistic liberties” and “glossing over” the assorted displays of Moses in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
Whatever the arguments, viewers don’t deny that the collection made them suppose otherwise concerning the servant of God who led thousands and thousands of Jews out of captivity and is extensively credited with recording the primary books of the Bible.
“I like the truth that this story begins with this one nursing lady and her child,” mentioned Celene Ibrahim, an Islamic research scholar who taught non secular research at Hebrew Faculty and can be featured within the collection.
“How seemingly in our view we predict the revolution will begin with a nursing mom,” she added.
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