Bible Collection


The Bible Collection is a series of films produced for the TNT television network, starting with Abraham in April 1994 and ending with Thomas in April 2001. The Bible Collection consists of a 27-part miniseries in 17 volumes.
The series grew out of an earlier series of Old Testament films produced by the Italian company Five Mile River Films in the 1990s.

Films

The films, originally aired as standalone television movies or as short miniseries, have been gathered and released in a numbered collection, with the secondary series title Close to Jesus on installments covering events during the lifetime of Jesus. The order of the collection may vary slightly from the order in which the films were originally produced.
#TitleYearDirectorBiblical figureRuntime
1Abraham1993Joseph SargentAbraham184 minutes
2Genesis: The Creation and the Flood1994Ermanno OlmiNoah93 minutes
3Jacob1994Peter HallJacob93 minutes
4Joseph1995Roger YoungJoseph185 minutes
5Moses1995Roger YoungMoses182 minutes
6Samson and Delilah1996Nicolas RoegSamson and Delilah179 minutes
7David1997Robert MarkowitzDavid173 minutes
8Solomon1997Roger YoungSolomon170 minutes
9Jeremiah1998Harry WinerJeremiah91 minutes
10Esther1999Raffaele MertesEsther87 minutes
11Jesus1999Roger YoungJesus174 minutes
12Joseph of Nazareth2000Raffaele MertesSaint Joseph100 minutes
13'2000Raffaele MertesMary Magdalene99 minutes
14'2000Roger YoungPaul the Apostle177 minutes
15Judas2001Raffaele MertesJudas Iscariot90 minutes
16Thomas2001Raffaele MertesThomas the Apostle93 minutes
17The Apocalypse2002Raffaele MertesJohn the Apostle93 minutes