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The Oracles of God: The Story of the New Testament (2025)
The Oracles of God: The Story of the New Testament (2025)
Overview
Oracles of God: The Story of the New Testament is a documentary directed by Erin Zimmerman that traces the origins of the New Testament, from the oral teachings of Jesus' followers to the writing, dissemination, and preservation of the Gospels and epistles. Produced by CBN Films as a sequel to its Old Testament predecessor, it employs expert interviews, dramatic reenactments, and on-location footage in Israel, narrated by Iain Glen.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Traditional
Political: Strong Right
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Mixed
Christianity: Positive
Judaism: Negative
Viewer Rating
Not Rated
Overview
Oracles of God: The Story of the New Testament is a documentary directed by Erin Zimmerman that traces the origins of the New Testament, from the oral teachings of Jesus' followers to the writing, dissemination, and preservation of the Gospels and epistles. Produced by CBN Films as a sequel to its Old Testament predecessor, it employs expert interviews, dramatic reenactments, and on-location footage in Israel, narrated by Iain Glen.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Traditional
Primary
The documentary champions the New Testament's reliability through historical evidence and eyewitness testimonies, decisively promoting traditional Christian values as a solution to contemporary doubts about scripture.
The documentary employs a diverse cast of Israeli actors for reenactments alongside Western scholars and a narrator, reflecting the story's historical origins without altering traditional character portrayals. Its narrative affirms the New Testament's legacy through factual exploration and positive reenactments, avoiding critiques of established identities or emphasis on contemporary equity issues.
Secondary
The documentary examines the historical and archaeological aspects of the New Testament's formation, with family structures and norms playing no central or significant role in the narrative. This lack of focus on family life results in a neutral portrayal without endorsement or critique of specific family values.
The documentary affirms the New Testament's origins through eyewitness accounts by apostles and associates, highlighting its historical reliability and divine inspiration via scholarly analysis and re-enactments of key events like the resurrection.
Jewish leaders appear as antagonists who falsely accuse Jesus of blasphemy in an illegal trial and martyr his brother James by throwing him from the temple and stoning him, framing them as persecutors of early Christians.
The documentary presents no LGBTQ+ characters or themes, focusing instead on the historical and archaeological origins of the New Testament through expert interviews and reenactments.
No transgender characters or themes appear in the documentary, which focuses on the historical compilation and dissemination of the New Testament through expert interviews, reenactments, and archaeological evidence.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The documentary employs dramatic reenactments of biblical events with actors matching the canonical genders of figures like Jesus, portrayed by male actor Imri Biton, and no evidence of gender swaps in portrayals of apostles or other characters.
Portrayals of key New Testament figures, including Jesus played by Israeli actor Imri Biton, match historical Middle Eastern ethnic backgrounds without deviations from established racial depictions.
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