A series of 12 programmes Written and presented by Magnus Magnusson
12 : The End of the Old
The familiar Old Testament story ends with the return of the Jews from Babylon - to a new Jerusalem and a new Temple. The last of the ' BC ' series takes the story of the Jews and Judaism further, to the threshold of the Christian era. During Greek and Roman times, Classical cultures vied with Jewish orthodoxy; and the Dead Sea scrolls reveal just how far some Jewish sects had retreated from the cosmopolitan world of Roman client-kings like Herod.
The excavation of Herod's many palaces and fortresses has provid-
AD 70: THE ROMANS DESTROY THE
JERUSALEM TEMPLE ed a vivid picture of his life and times; but 70 years after his death, the first Jewish Revolt against the Romans was crushed by the final destruction of the Jerusalem
Temple and the ending of Jewish resistance at Masada.
Bible reader Eric Porter
MUSIC JOHN RUTTER
Series adviser JAMES B. PRITCHARD Film cameramen
JOHN HOOPER , PHILIP BONHAM-CARTER Film editors DICK ALLEN , IAN PITCH
Executive producer DAVID COLLISON
Producer PAUL JORDAN