Kingdom of David - The Saga of the Israelites (2003) PBS

Kingdom of David, Ep. 4: The Gifts of the Jews

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites - The Gifts of the Jews

PBS Empires Special May 21, 2003

Rabbis struggle to reinvigorate Judaism after the Romans destroy temples; the rise of Christianity.

Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites tells the epic story of the Jews and the creation of the world's first and most profoundly influential monotheistic religion. The stories of the patriarch Abraham, the liberator Moses, the poet-king David and his son Solomon all come to life in the dramatic tale of loss and triumph that shaped humanity's basic moral struggle for more than three millennia.