Bible Story Collection V-1

THE GREAT COMMANDMENT Set in 30 A.D., The Great Commandment focuses on the emerging Christian movement and its resulting effects upon Joel, a young Judean scholar who heads up a revolt against the Romans. DAVID AND GOLIATH Adapted from the Old Testament, David and Goliath tells the tale of the war between the Philistines and Israelites. Prophets foretell that a young shepherd named David will rise up and seize the crown from King Saul ( Orson Welles) after battling the giant Goliath to the death. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS When an oracle prophesizes that a Hebrew child will become Prince of Egypt, the Pharaoh orders the massacre of all newborn males. But one child, Moses, escapes—eventually learning his true destiny in a fiery message from God. Starring Omar Sharif in an extraordinary three-hour miniseries that "closely follows the Bible's book of Exodus." (Associated Press). JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN Joseph and His Brethren is a dramatization of the powerful Old Testament parable of Joseph, a slave who frees himself from the shackles of oppression and ascends to the noble rank of minister in the Pharaoh's court.