Bible Hunters

Storyline

The 19th and 20th centuries saw Europe and the United States gripped by Egyptomania an overwhelming obsession with the land of the Pharaohs and its historical treasures.It attracted dedicated scholars and archaeologists involved in a race to find the oldest biblical manuscripts in the world. In this two-part documentary, archaeologist Dr. Jeff Rose tells the remarkable stories of the Bible Hunters bold adventurers who risked life and limb to uncover the earliest bible texts, particularly the New Testament. At stake was the historical reliability and literal truth of the Bible which was under attack by sceptical scholars. The discoveries of the Bible Hunters would shed controversial new light on the Christian origins as well as uncovering strange zodiacs, hymns to Egypts solar god, and heretical Christian texts.