The Exodus Decoded (History Channel)
by Simcha Jacobovici
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Actor: James CameronDirector: Simcha Jacobovici
Brand: A&E
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, 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
Movie Reviews of The Exodus Decoded (History Channel)
Movie Review: Caution! Spin doctors at work! There goes the History Channel...
Summary: 1 Stars
Where does one start with this abomination?
The Exodus Decoded claims to be a valid attempt at shedding light on the Biblical Exodus, though the arguments presented are laughable to anyone with basic/elementary knowledge of the peoples and the time in question.
This fictional approach has the audacity to claim that Mycenaean gold found by Heinrich Schliemann was actually Egyptian gold brought by Israelites who broke away from the main host (!!!) led by Moses and ended up in the Peloponnesus. Moreover, the documentary alleges that the Mycenaean swords found were brought to Mycenae by those same Israelites. Apart from the fact that if indeed they had been innocent slaves who just wanted to be set free they would not have been armed or carrying somebody else's gold with them which indicates that maybe they were not that "innocent" (and which is a different story altogether), mixing Israelites and Mycenaeans is dangerous and absurd to say the least.
After watching The Exodus Decoded I headed to the Athens Archeological Museum (30 minutes' drive) to see for myself these claims regarding the three piece stonework depicting the charioteer (Pharaoh) and the artifact claimed to depict the Ark. In both cases you have to let your imagination run amuck before reaching the conclusions that this "documentary" is trying to sell.
Presenting accurate and valid sources proving the close relations between the Minoans and the Egyptians and how the Minoans were the only people recognized by Egypt as being civilized has very little if anything to do with the topic apart from throwing in a few truths to make the tale being spun more believable.
This "History Channel" documentary is overflowing with bias and wishful thinking in all its glory. The so-called "passion of Jewish-Canadian filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici" mentioned by Tom Keogh in the editorial review does nothing whatsoever to prevent Jacobovici's work and by extension himself personally from being dishonored and discredited.
Is someone maybe trying to give much more significance to certain groups than is deserving or historically accurate??? Why is it that one gets the feeling that this was more the result of poorly conceived and executed propaganda and politics than anything else... The truth, whatever it might be, must be protected at all cost and not be left to be sacrificed in pursuit of political agendas.
Summary of The Exodus Decoded (History Channel)
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) and Simcha Jacobovici (who also hosts) the viewer follows Jacobovici to Egypt Greece and Israel on an investigative archaeological journey that pieces together a puzzle of tantalizing clues. Probing questions of established archaeologists reveal mistakes and misunderstandings that drove many to conclusions that Jacobovici unravels before our very eyes.System Requirements:Run Time: 92 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 733961767315 Manufacturer No: AAE-76731Complex 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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