It Ain't Necessarily So

Name: S01:E03 - The Promised Land
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2001-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 25 min 6 s
Cast: John McCarthy

2001 · 1 Season

TV-PG

A look at archaeological discoveries that may challenge assumptions about the relationship between the Biblical story of Israel and actual history.

Subtitles: English

Directed by:Alan Ereira

S01:E01 - The Walls Come Tumblin' Down

Investigating new archaeological discoveries which challenge the whole story of Biblical Israel.

John McCarthy investigates evidence that Israelites believed for centuries that God had a consort.

John McCarthy looks at new evidence of Israelite settlement and why there are no human remains.

Jerusalem is at the heart of the Middle Eastern struggle; archaeologists are unable to find traces.

John visits sites that were supposedly built by Solomon, but some say were built by other rulers.

John McCarthy concludes this series by investigating when and why the Old Testament was written.