4-Film Bible Stories Volume 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.