Top 10 Bible TV Shows of All Time

　　The Bible is easily one of the most adapted books in film and TV history. Some adaptations play fast and loose with the story. Others follow the text so closely there’s not a line of invented dialogue. Some tell the story through animation, others through human actors (and a few mix and match). While Bible movies tend to get the most press, there are some surprisingly good Bible TV shows out there.

　　The following provides several Bible TV shows, cartoon series, and a few longer Bible movies that most audiences will watch like a TV show.

1. The Bible Collection (1993-2003)

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　　Produced by the company Lux Vide, these 17 films each cover an important Bible character. Many of these episodes had well-known actors or crew working on them, so they feel like very well-made TV movies. At the same time, some of them were long enough to be released over several episodes (the Joseph movie takes two 90-minute episodes). So, this series feels like a TV show or collection of several TV miniseries.

　　Some episodes lean more into fiction than others. For example, the Samson and Delilah episodes give Delilah a full-fledged backstory at the Philistine king’s court, making her a pawn from the moment she meets Samson. However, these kinds of additions are pretty standard for any Bible movie or TV adaptation that isn’t a cartoon narrating the Bible text. The fact that different directors made different episodes also creates some fun variety. For example, the episode on Genesis imagines a group of nomads telling each other the stories of Adam, Abraham, and Noah.

　　A great mix of entertaining, thought-provoking, and consistently high-quality adaptations of Bible stories.

　　Further Reading: 9 Bible Stories You'll Never Hear in Church