Bill Moyers examines Adam and Eve's tasting of the forbidden fruit and their subsequent expulsion from Eden.
In this show, Bill Moyers explores the biblical tale of brother killing brother and the complex relationships among victim, perpetrator and judge.
Bill Moyers leads a discussion with theologians and scholars on what it means to be created "in God’s image" and what the two creation accounts in Genesis suggest about the roles of the sexes.
Bill Moyers speaks with biblical experts about Noah and the great flood.
When God chooses Abraham to found a dynasty, how does Abraham react? What does divine sanction mean, both for the chosen and the non-chosen?
Seeking a descendant, Abraham takes Hagar as a wife, who conceives Ishmael — engendering jealousy, division and pain for everyone involved.
God's command to Abraham to sacrifice Isaac raises profoundly disturbing questions. What kind of God would make such a demand? And what kind of parent would consider obeying it?
By engineering Isaac's blessing on Jacob, does Rebecca become the heroine of the story, or simply a schemer? And what of Esau, her passed-over son?
Apparently headed for his final comeuppance, the fugitive Jacob meets God in a dream and ultimately finds himself.
Gifted, talented, and handsome, Joseph survives slavery and exile by his wits. What does his story mean today?