Bible's Buried Secrets (BBC) Ep.1: Did King David's empire exist? (3/4)

Episode 1 (out of 3), part 3. More details on part 1.

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[macgeek2004]

@jackmarsilva

Actually, there's an even *better* documentary that has this very same title, "The Bible's Buried Secrets," only it's made by PBS NOVA, which thoroughly disproves the story of Moses and the Exodus quite well, actually! Lol! Only it's a FAR better doc than this...this BBC one's purpose seems to be to disprove the Bible. The PBS one's purpose is to tell the TRUE origins of both the Jewish people and the Jewish faith as well as it's holy book. It just so happens to disprove the bibl

[keirapotter]

@macgeek2004 Having seen both documentaries, I agree with your interpretation!!

[Snordelhans]

I will tell you this much, in the interview with Baruch Halpern, it is as obvious to a blind bat that he is knowingly lying. His facial language could not be more clear. Anyone with even the vaguest knowledge of facial language will tell you this in 5 seconds flat!

[keirapotter]

@Snordelhans Err... and why would he be lying??

[dazzjazz]

Why did they film her putting her makeup on? Sure she beautiful but this is a doco!

[keirapotter]

@dazzjazz I guess they wanted to have a modern and dynamic directing and style so they chose these kinds of short scenes as transitions while editing.

[hadzhere]

"Too detailed to be made up"...hahaha, they've obviously never read Lord of the Rings.

[Krantech]

What a sexy chick, this Francesca))

[MRGV7373]

A century of time back 3,000 years ago is fairly good time frame. Will it be perfect and 100% proven?? David did exit but how little or much David did will always be open to many ideas and different opinions.

[MRGV7373]

The debate between 9 and 10 century will go on for sometime. How about the water tunnel under Jerusalem. Other artifacts could and will be found. Who's to say that the major 10 century buildings were lost over time. The David kingdom will be proven since in most instances the bible has turned out to be pretty good over time.

[againstjebelallawz]

The Stepped Stone Structure very likely dates between Late Iron I and Late Iron IIa, but there is no unambiguous evidence to link it with the reign of any specific king. The Large Stone Structure has an even more ambiguous date.

[againstjebelallawz]

@macgeek2004 The Bible's Buried Secrets (both 2008 and 2011 edition) is just as bad as this documentary, especially for the United Monarchy. In both cases, the six-chambered gates at Hazor, Megiddo and Gezer (which are more likely evidence that the account in Kings was based on 8th, rather than 10th or 9th century realities) are cited to support the as-of-now highly unlikely claim the United Monarchy existed.

[thisismyusername3094]

"'Go to this people and say, "You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving." Acts 28:26

[ahmadaz96001]

I don't know why this documentary made such a huge deal about 9th century and 10th century thing...

It's scientifically and historically impossible to determine which century or period Solomon specifically live. Nobody's taking into account for thousands of years. The period and timeline used are just estimation.

Those monuments and archaeological finds only point finger at those two. No other figure in written history could build those beside David and Solomon. Period

[infant275]

one day i am going to marry this girl DR. FRANCESCA STAVRAKOPOULOU

[iorixs]

@NECHOII it really comes down to what a person prefers to believe. since no one has direct evidence because no one is old enough we can only go by what we like to think. this leaves us in a horrible state of darkness and uncertainty about our role and place in existence

[NECHOII]

The questions DR. FRANCESCA STAVRAKOPOULOU should have asked DORIAN SPIELMAN, CITY OF DAVID PARK, are WHERE is the WRITTEN EVIDENCE that those walls and fortress that he prouldly talks about as being DAVIDIC. We need HEBREW WRITING on the COLUMNS or WALLS or on BROKEN POTTERY or on DUSTY TATTERED SCROLLS ! BUT THERE IS NOTHING ! One must not forget that JERUSALEM GOES BACK BEFORE RECORDED HISTORY !

[Flamencoista]

C&A are still going? I thought they went out of business!