Mysteries of the Bible (1994–1998) User Reviews

Good watching!

[mizellie25 · 8/10 · 18 April 2014]

With the voices of Richard Kiley and Jean Simmons, 'Mysteries of the Bible' is entertaining and thought-provoking. You don't have to have any knowledge of the Bible to enjoy this program, but having some familiarity with it doesn't hurt!

I wish the series was still being produced, as the quality of it was quite good and not hokey. There are guest speakers who provide their take on different 'mysteries' and how they came to be or how they were worked out, running from professors to clergy to literature experts. Even for the nay-sayers, it is interesting and well-crafted. The voices of Kiley and Simmons give it just the right touch.

Good stuff, well worth watching for all family members.

Biblical Angels

[Claudia160714 · 7/10 · 1 December 2012]

The story of angels is very fascinating to me. Before watching this, I always imagined angels as innocent, sweet, gentle and caring beings. However, this documentary showed me another side of angels. I thought it was great how they talked about a few individual angels, and used examples from the Bible. This documentary also raises some good questions. Where and how were angels created? Did they first exist in the 6 days of creation or did they exist throughout eternity? The people interviewed in the documentary were very insightful on the topic of biblical angels. This really helped explain the idea behind angels as they had relevant and perceptive comments. Overall, I enjoyed watching this documentary as it deepened my understanding of biblical angels and how they affected people of the past.

An Honest Review

[generationofswine · 10/10 · 22 April 2017]

I am one of those freaks that get super excited whenever things like this come on the TV. Even as a little kid I loved documentaries.

This one is up there with Connections and Russia Land of the Tsars as one of my all time favorites.

It's like they sat Jean Simmons down and told her..."we want you to read passages from the Bible...but they are mostly Old Testament, so read them as spooky as you can." And she is scary. The best narrative voice, even better than the guy that does Haunted History.

It's a Biblical version of In Search Of... so it you liked that you will love Mysteries of the Bible.

And it does it fair. It doesn't assume anything save for that it is dealing with Holy Writ and as such shows it the proper respect. So don't worry, if you are so anti-religious that you will blindly ignore it, you can still watch the show without being offended...

...and if you are the blindly religious type that to have everything literal...well...you'll hate it but at least you'll have to admit that it handled it respectfully.

It balances history and religion very well and never draws conclusions.