The Exodus Decoded (2006)

One of my all time favorites.

Fantastic!

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

I thoroughly enjoy Simcha Jacobovici. He has passion, brains, a sense of humor and a great knowledge of his subject. I'll watch him on "Naked Archaeologist" any day. But that's not to say he might get things a little off base sometimes. (I think we all know James Cameron can get things screwed up.)His theories are interesting but they are just theories. There's a lot more that goes into proving something other than making a documentary. (Although people who absolutely refuse to open their minds to possibilities are worse than the ones asking questions.) For myself, I kept getting stuck on the plagues. I've been through a volcanic eruption and it didn't take six months for ash to darken the skies (the 9th plague) or for a tidal wave to occur. They were pretty much instantaneous. So either the timing is off or some poor scribe got it wrong. Frankly, I think Moses was a very savvy guy who, during his self exile wandered around and saw many, many things. A volcanic eruption and the stages leading up to it and following it could very well be in his purview. He was a well-educated man as well. He knew what he was doing. Not that what he did was bad. These were his people - ethnically - being treated badly as slaves. They needed a leader, something to rally around and believe in (the one true God) and a purpose. Moses was a charismatic leader who could do this for them. As for the small gold talisman that represents the Ark of the Covenant, that is all it is. There will be representations of it because people like holy objects. Heck, there's a pictograph in the Arizona desert that 's supposedly a 1,000 years old or so that looks like the Ark of the Covenant. What are we supposed to do with that?All in all, it's well told. Watch it with an open and appreciative mind. The best thing about Simcha is that he gets to artifacts other archeologists would prefer to ignore such as the Egyptian monument that called the Israelis "evil ones." Perspective is interesting. History is fascinating

Total blasphemy. If you are a Christian you know these events were not "perfectly timed" events. This was put together by non Christians looking for explanations for the bible because they do not have faith. The movie also claims the blood red water was a "gas leak" and the frogs can survive it and hop out and other "scientifical explanations" for the plagues. Completely forgetting Aaron made the waters red with his staff, not a "gas leak" and that the waters already in pots BECAME blood red Exodus 7:19. The people who took out the water would've seen it as blood red then. No one knows if it was real blood or not but they still butchered the biblical miracles as being "science" as atheists often do. I suppose they even tried to make the death of the firstborn son a "scientifical event" but I stopped past the blood red "gas leak" part. It takes God completely out of the Exodus story as a watered down science story. I understand water can turn blood red and other natural events can cause the bible events to happen like what the person in the movie said about frogs, but they do not happen 'on command' for people like what Aaron and Moses did and how they were perfectly timed and lasted a certain amount of days in succession. Making Moses into some fool declaring "natural events"!! To the Pharoah! These plant seeds of doubt in a believers mind to turn away from their bibles and turn to "science" instead of God. Stay clear of atheists making these movies. They aren't working for GodCouldn't watch it anymore

It sounds to me like someone has a personal thing against the movie, which is sad because if you don't watch this movie with an open mind, then of course you wouldn't agree with what it is showing us. If you've already made your mind up before you watch the movie, then it's only going to make you mad when you watch it and then you'll post negative comments like the post before mine.I thought the movie was very well done, well thought out and presented phenomenally.Like I said, if you do decide to watch this documentary, then please do so with an open mind!

Whether the exodus occurred or not, The Exodus Decoded is filled with lies. While I'm not an expect in any of the relevant subjects, I knew enough to be suspicious of its wild and bizarre claims. I checked up on it and found an extensive review that debunks, with reason and hard evidence, just about every aspect of this travesty of a "documentary"."The Exodus Decoded: An extended review by Christopher Heard" http://www.heardworld.com/higgaion/?p=60Here's a quick example of how this documentary lies and distorts evidence. Look at this original stela: http://www.romesburg.com/exodus/exodusgraphics/stela-3detail.jpgNow here's the cg "reconstruction" of that same stela, from Exodus Decoded: http://www.heardworld.com/higgaion/higpix/ED_emptystela2.pngSorry about the poor image quality, but the important details are sufficiently clear. Note how they change the animals in the middle from lions to horses by changing their tails from an upward curve (which in ancient art would indicate a lion) to a downward curve (which ancient art of this sort would never depict a horse as having). Don't believe me? Check it out here: http://www.heardworld.com/higgaion/?p=360Why is this detail significant? Because they claim that this stela is depicting the parting of the Red (or Reed) Sea, and those "Roman horses" are being engulfed in waves. But they are obviously lions, and not horses.On the wider issue, ask yourself this: What reason could a documentary EVER have to change a clear detail on a mural when doing a "reconstruction"? In this case, to create evidence for wild claims that have no support otherwise. This is a cold, hard example of a bold LIE by this documentary. Look into this for yourself (at the site above, or a simple google search) and see that the lies of Exodus Decoded are painfully obvious once you have the other side of the story. I am ashamed for everyone involved, especially James Cameron.