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Thanks to Francesca Stavrakopoulou for bringing history to The Bible

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  Posted by jacsmith (U2228943) on Tuesday, 15th March 2011

  I've not seen Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou on telly before tonight, and I was greatly impressed by her independence of thought and clarity of presentation. Admittedly I have no idea if the ideas concerning the nations of Israel and Judea are original or not, but I found her method of presentation clear and reasoned. I also enjoyed the way the sparseness of the script; simply making its points without a lot of superlatives and without patronising us viewers. I look forward to her next program.
  

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  Posted by David Hillman (U14586509) on Wednesday, 16th March 2011

  I sent this message to Francesca, but she was "on leave" from the email I had.
  
  Dear Francesca,
  
  I enjoyed your TV programme and agreed with most of your opinions.
  
  The Tell Dan Stele proves little. There is a cross near Llangollen in which the princes of Powys (contradicting other genealogies) claim descent from the fictional Vortigern and a fictional daughter of Magnus Maximus. We all know many similar fictional claims in monuments and annales.
  
  On a completely separate point I was surprised and dismayed that you took a military guard with you to Samaria. I have travelled four times all over the West Bank, once with a Jewish and once with a Turkish female friend, and was met with immense hospitality. I am an atheist with equal respect for people of each faith and I think it's disrespectful to go into people's lands with a military escort. I hope I haven't offended you by saying this.
  
  I agree with you that most of the biblical narrative reflects a pro Judah/anti Israel spin. But I think the story of Joseph in Bethel, and the layers of argument in the stories of Benjamin and the people of Gibeon also have tales from the northern kingdom.
  
  In Appreciation,
  David Hillman
  

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  Posted by TonyG (U1830405) on Wednesday, 16th March 2011

  A very well balanced programme which actually provided information or argument consistently. Much better than many so-called documentaries which take fifty minutes to tell viewers something they could have relayed in ten minutes but pad everything out with reconstructions, repetitions and long pieces of music. None of that nonsense here, but a fair bit of well-presented detail on all sides of the argument and some healthy scepticism from the presenter. Really well done.
  
  I will certainly be watching the later programmes in the series.

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