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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{Infobox television&lt;br /&gt;
| name                     = Bible Ki Kahaniyan&lt;br /&gt;
| network                  = [[DD National]]&lt;br /&gt;
| producer                 = Jose Punnose&lt;br /&gt;
| editor                   = Raghupathy&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;[[T. R. Sekhar|T. R. Shekhar]]&lt;br /&gt;
| cinematography           = Ashwini Kaul&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;[[Ramachandra Babu|Ramachandrababu]]&lt;br /&gt;
| camera                   = [[Single-camera setup|Single-camera]]&lt;br /&gt;
| runtime                  = ≈ 50 minutes&lt;br /&gt;
| company                  = [[Navodaya Studio]]&lt;br /&gt;
| distributor              = Navodaya Studio&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;[[Doordarshan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| picture_format           = [[576i]]&lt;br /&gt;
| list_episodes            = &lt;br /&gt;
| audio_format             = [[Stereo]]&lt;br /&gt;
| first_aired              = {{start date|df=y|1992|12|20}}&lt;br /&gt;
| last_aired               = {{end date|1993|05}}&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Mahadevan&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Ananth Mahadevan|author-link=Ananth Mahadevan|title=Once Upon A Prime Time: My Journey on Indian Television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KioKEAAAQBAJ&amp;amp;pg=PT97|publisher=Embassy Books|isbn=978-93-89995-09-1|pages=97–}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| related                  = [[Dayasagar]]&lt;br /&gt;
| website                  = https://prasarbharati.gov.in/dd-national-homepage/&lt;br /&gt;
| production_website       = https://www.navodayastudio.com/bible-tv-serial&lt;br /&gt;
| alt_name                 = Bible Ki Kahaniya&lt;br /&gt;
| executive_producer       = &lt;br /&gt;
| num_episodes             = 6&lt;br /&gt;
| image                    = Bible Ki Kahaniyan.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
| creative_director        = [[Jijo Punnoose]]&lt;br /&gt;
| image_alt                = DVD cover of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bible Ki Kahaniyan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
| caption                  = DVD cover of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bible Ki Kahaniyan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
| genre                    = [[Drama (film and television)|Drama]], [[Christian media|Christian]]&lt;br /&gt;
| based_on                 = [[Bible]]&lt;br /&gt;
| developer                = [[Navodaya Appachan|Appachan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| writer                   = Bhushan Banmali&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;[[Paul Zacharia|Zackaria]]&lt;br /&gt;
| director                 = {{ubl|[[T. K. Rajeev Kumar|Rajeev Kumar]]|Mathew Paul|[[Isaac Thomas Kottukapally]]|[[Jijo Punnoose|Jijo]]|[[Raghunath Paleri]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| starring                 = [[Bible Ki Kahaniya#Cast|See Cast]]&lt;br /&gt;
| language                 = Hindi&lt;br /&gt;
| voices                   = Arvind Mehra&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;[[Lalit Tiwari]]&lt;br /&gt;
| narrated                 = Lalit Tiwari&lt;br /&gt;
| theme_music_composer     = [[Karthik Raja]]&lt;br /&gt;
| opentheme                = &amp;quot;[[Psalm 126|Ashkon se Jisne Seenchi Zameen]]&amp;quot; by [[Karthik Raja]]&lt;br /&gt;
| endtheme                 = &lt;br /&gt;
| composer                 = [[Louis Banks]]&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;[[Mohan Sitara]]&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;[[Vanraj Bhatia]]&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;[[Karthik Raja]]&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;[[Sharreth]]&lt;br /&gt;
| country                  = India&lt;br /&gt;
| num_seasons              = 1&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bible Ki Kahaniyan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (English: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Stories from the Bible&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) is an [[India]]n [[Hindi language|Hindi]]-language television program based upon scriptures from the [[Bible]]. The production aspired to complete both [[Old Testament]] and [[New Testament]] narratives of the [[Bible]] but was later discontinued after covering the [[Patriarchs (Bible)|Patriarch]] narrative in the [[Book of Genesis]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|author=Maria Francesca Piredda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vufYAAAAMAAJ|title=Film &amp;amp; mission: per una storia del cinema missionario|publisher=Ente dello Spettacolo|year=2005|isbn=978-88-85095-26-7|page=41}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It was produced by [[Navodaya Appachan|Appachan]] through his [[Navodaya Studio]] and was broadcast on [[DD National]] from 1992 to mid 1993 and again, concluding with the remaining episodes, in 1996.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Premise==&lt;br /&gt;
The series follows these narrative arcs from the Bible:&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Bible Ki Kahaniyan [4 DVD Set] DVD (1993)|url=https://www.induna.com/1000013299-productdetails/|website=Induna.com}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Adam &amp;amp; Eve]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Noah&amp;#039;s Ark]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Tower of Babel]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Story of [[Abraham]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Story of [[Isaac]] ({{Bibleverse|Genesis|24:63–64|KJV}}, {{Bibleverse-nb|Genesis|25:21–22|KJV}})&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:3&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Story of [[Jacob]] ({{Bibleverse|Genesis|27:31–44|KJV}}, {{Bibleverse-nb|Genesis|28:1–5|KJV}})&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Cast==&lt;br /&gt;
{{gallery&lt;br /&gt;
|width=140&lt;br /&gt;
|align=center&lt;br /&gt;
|title= &lt;br /&gt;
|File:Raza Murad in 2017 (cropped).jpg|[[Raza Murad]] as [[Noah]]&lt;br /&gt;
|Shammi Kapoor still19.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Shammi Kapoor]] as [[Nimrod]]&lt;br /&gt;
|File:Kabir Bedi.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kabir Bedi]] as [[Abraham]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Kanwaljit Singh (actor)|Kanwaljit Singh]] as [[Jacob]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Lalit Tiwari]] as  Narrator&lt;br /&gt;
*Arvind Mehra as Voice of [[God]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Mother Teresa]] as Herself&lt;br /&gt;
*Daman Maan as [[Adam]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Soham as [[Eve]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Varun Vardhan as [[Cain]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Rajesh Kapoor as [[Abel]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Raza Murad]] as [[Noah]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Asha Sharma as [[Wives aboard Noah&amp;#039;s Ark|Noah&amp;#039;s wife]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Leela Panicker&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Urmila Matondkar]] as Noah&amp;#039;s wife&amp;#039;s niece&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kothuku Nanappan]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Shammi Kapoor]] as [[Nimrod]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Jagannathan (actor)|Jagannathan]] as Manokh&lt;br /&gt;
*Misha as Aman&lt;br /&gt;
*Sneha as Nimrod&amp;#039;s wife&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kabir Bedi]] as [[Abraham]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Radha Seth as [[Sarah]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Anamika as [[Hagar]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Surendra Pal]] as [[Eliezer]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Raja Bundela]] as [[Lot (biblical person)|Lot]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Vishwajeet Pradhan]] as Nimuk&lt;br /&gt;
*Seshad Khan as [[Ishmael]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Akbar Khan (director)|Akbar Khan]] as [[Amorites|Amorite]]/Main priest&lt;br /&gt;
*Karan Saluja as King of [[Sodom and Gomorrah|Sodom]]/[[Bethuel]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Bhushan Banmali as [[Hittites|Hittite]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ravi Baswani|Ravi Vaswani]]/[[Rajendra Gupta]] as [[Laban (Bible)|Laban]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Mohan Gokhale]]/[[Kurush Deboo]] as [[Isaac]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Mita Vashisht]]/[[Neelima Azeem]] as [[Rebecca]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rita Bhaduri]] as [[Deborah]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kanwaljit Singh (actor)|Kanwaljit]] as [[Jacob]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Salil Shukla as Young Jacob&lt;br /&gt;
*Janak Toprani as [[Esau]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Master Patnaik as Young Esau&lt;br /&gt;
*Satish Kapoor as [[Abimelech]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Vijay Mehta as [[Phicol]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Virendra Saxena]] as Ahusat&lt;br /&gt;
*Sanofar as Altamash&lt;br /&gt;
*Aruna Sangal as [[Canaanite people|Cannanite]] priestess&lt;br /&gt;
*Ketan Merchant/Prince George as Hittite kids&lt;br /&gt;
*Winnie Paranjpe as [[Leah]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Sunila Karambelkar as [[Rachel]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Vasudev Bhatt as Ibduil&lt;br /&gt;
*Tamara George as [[Bilhah]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Chanda as [[Zilpah]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Saba as [[Adinah|Laban&amp;#039;s wife]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Aakash Chopra as [[Reuben (son of Jacob)|Reuben]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Background and production==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Jijo Punnoose|Jijo]], the series&amp;#039; [[creative director]], based his chief reference point on novelist [[James Michener]]&amp;#039;s [[The Source (novel)|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Source&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]], a book that talks about the &amp;quot;pains and passions of the people in Biblical times&amp;quot;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=Archived copy|url=http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/essays.nsf/%28docid%29/ED38A5B9DEBCD505E5256C4A005F72EF|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725210445/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/essays.nsf/(docid)/ED38A5B9DEBCD505E5256C4A005F72EF|archive-date=25 July 2011|access-date=23 February 2011}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:0&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|date=January 15, 1993|title=TV serial &amp;#039;Bible Ki Kahaniyan&amp;#039; emphasises more on authenticity than spectacle|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19930115-tv-serial-bible-ki-kahaniyan-emphasises-more-on-authenticity-than-spectacle-810562-1993-01-15|access-date=December 27, 2018}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Casting was done by [[Anant Mahadevan]] and Meenakshi Thakkur and the characters were played by some of the important actors from [[Bollywood]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=Indian television has a long way to go: Kabir Bedi - Indian Express|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/indian-television-has-a-long-way-to-go-kabi/711325|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Much of the production work was done by people from the [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam film industry]] based in the state of [[Kerala]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:0&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;{{Efn|Kerala has a significant Christian minority, especially the historical community of  [[Saint Thomas Christians]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Britannica|115623|Thomas Christians}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}} Indian historian [[George Menachery]] served as the research director, [[Sabu Cyril]] was the [[art director]] and [[Sunny Joseph]] worked on title photography, with additional cinematography by [[Ashok Kumar (cinematographer)|Ashok Kumar]], the series had [[H. Sridhar]] as a music recordist, [[S. L. Puram Sadanandan|SL Puram Anand]] was the production executive, and [[T. Muthuraj|Muthuraj]] served as an assistant art director.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Citation|title=Bible Ki Kahanya - Story of Isaac|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VhrfO1_N_4|language=en|access-date=2021-05-18}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=Bible Ki Kahaniya|url=https://nettv4u.com/about/Hindi/tv-serials/bible-ki-kahaniya|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-14|website=nettv4u|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Editing work was done on [[Media Composer|Avid Media Composer]] and the series was shot on [[Kodak]] [[16 mm film|Super 16]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:3&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Post-production was handled by [[Prasad Studios]] and [[Seventh Channel Communications]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Citation|title=Bible Ki Kahaniya - Adam &amp;amp; Eve|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0A1apHgREA|language=en|access-date=2021-05-14}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:3&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Filming and locations ===&lt;br /&gt;
{{multiple image&lt;br /&gt;
 | image1 = Kallar_river.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
 | alt1 = Kallar, Trivandrum&lt;br /&gt;
 | image2 = Dunes, Désert du Thar.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
 | alt2 = Thar Desert&lt;br /&gt;
 | footer = The series was shot in multiple locations in India, pictured here [[Kallar, Trivandrum|Kallar]] in [[Kerala]] and the [[Thar Desert]] in [[Rajasthan]].&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
The series was shot on different locations in India per the narrative arcs: [[Kallar, Trivandrum|Kallar]] and [[Kanyakumari]] (Adam and Eve),&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:2&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; Kanyakumari (Noah&amp;#039;s Ark); episodes beginning with [[Patriarchs (Bible)|Patriarch]] arc which required desert scenery were shot in the state of [[Rajasthan]] (home of the [[Thar Desert]]) mainly in [[Pushkar]] and [[Ajmer]]; and [[Tirunelveli]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] (Abraham).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation|title=Abraham|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGsgnC9DIEA&amp;amp;list=PL3022A3B14F58CD35&amp;amp;index=15|language=en|access-date=2021-05-18}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;{{Efn|The site of [[St. Francis Xavier]]&amp;#039;s first missionary activity in India.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Tirunelveli Tirunelveli]. [[Collins English Dictionary]], 12th Edition 2014.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}} The shooting was supported by organisations such as the [[Kerala Forest and Wildlife Department]], [[Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation]], [[Ajmer Military School]] among others and received production assistance from the [[Government of Israel]], [[Israel Antiquities Authority|Israeli Antiquities Authority]], [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (India)|Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], and [[N. Ram]] of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Hindu]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:3&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{Citation|title=Jacob|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV2mZAYT_no&amp;amp;list=PLD6EAAD071DD40785&amp;amp;index=16|language=en|access-date=2021-05-18}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Animals required for the Noah&amp;#039;s Ark sequence were provided by Bharat Circus.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation|title=Bible Ki Kahaniya - Noah&amp;#039;s Ark|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxPFyvWSSz4|language=en|access-date=2021-05-19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Research ===&lt;br /&gt;
Additional people credited and referred to for research work on the Patriarch episodes included Bishop [[Alphonsus Mathias]] of the [[Catholic Bishops&amp;#039; Conference of India|CBCI]], [[Antony Padiyara]], [[Aharon Megged]], [[Asher Weill]], [[T. Carmi]], [[Amihai Mazar]], [[Jack M. Sasson|Jack Sasson]], [[Avraham Biran]], [[David Ussishkin]], [[Trude Dothan|Trudi Dothan]], [[R.J. Zwi Werblowsky]], [[Nissim Ezekiel]], [[Dom Moraes]], [[Leela Naidu]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:3&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These institutions were also credited: [[Bible Lands Museum]], [[Biblical Archaeology Society]], [[British Council, India|British Council - Madras]], [[Connemara Public Library]], [[Eretz Israel Museum]], [[TAU Department of Film and Television, Tel-Aviv|Film Institute - Tel Aviv]], [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem|Hebrew University]], [[Theosophical Society Adyar|Indian Theosophical Society Library]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru University|Jawaharlal Nehru University Library]], [[Jnana Deepa, Institute of Philosophy and Theology|Jnana Deepa Institute for Philosophy and Theology]], [[Orthodox Theological Seminary, Kottayam|Orthodox Theological Seminary - Kottayam]], [[Delhi School of Economics|Ratan Tata Library]], [[Reader&amp;#039;s Digest Association]], [[National Centre for the Performing Arts (India)|National Centre for the Performing Arts]], [[National Geographic Society|National Georgaphic Society]], [[Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive]], [[Israel Museum]], and the [[University of Madras]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:3&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== Sources consulted ===&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Thomas_Mann_Joseph,_der_Ern%C3%A4hrer_1943.jpg|thumb|200px|A number of different sources were consulted during research for the series, such as &amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Joseph and His Brothers]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; by [[Thomas Mann]].]]&lt;br /&gt;
;Books&lt;br /&gt;
A number of religious texts and scholarly sources were consulted for the Patriarch episodes, these included:&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:3&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable sortable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
!Book&lt;br /&gt;
!Author&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[The Jerusalem Bible]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[École Biblique et Archéologique Française de Jérusalem]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Pseudepigrapha]] and [[Apocrypha (Biblical)|Apocryphas]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Midrash]]&lt;br /&gt;
|&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Antiquities of the Jews]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Josephus|Flavius Josephus]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Encyclopaedia Judaica]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Macmillan Publishers|MacMillan Publishers]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Encyclopedia Britannica]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[The Jewish Encyclopedia|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Jewish Encyclopedia&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[:Category:Funk &amp;amp; Wagnalls books|Funk &amp;amp; Wagnalls]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[James B. Pritchard]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Archaeology and the Old Testament&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[James B. Pritchard]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Ancient Near East in Pictures&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|ed. [[James B. Pritchard]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Documents from Old Testament Times&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|ed. [[David Winton Thomas]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[New Interpreter&amp;#039;s Dictionary of the Bible|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Interpreter&amp;#039;s Dictionary of the Bible&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[George Arthur Buttrick]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Interpreter&amp;#039;s Dictionary of the Bible&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|ed. Keith Crim&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[The Jerome Biblical commentary|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Jerome Biblical Commentary&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Raymond E. Brown]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Joseph and His Brothers]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Thomas Mann]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Ancient History of the Near East&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Henry R. Hall]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ancient Iraq&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Georges Roux]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ancient Mesopotamia&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[A. Leo Oppenheim]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;At that Time the Canaanites were in the Land&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Irit Ziffer]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Babylon and the Old Testament&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[André Parrot]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Cradle of Civilization&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Samuel Noah Kramer|Samuel Kramer]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Michael Roaf]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ebla - An Empire Rediscovered&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Paolo Matthiae]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Archives of Ebla&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Giovanni Pettinato]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Everyday Life in Babylon and Assyria&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Georges Contenau]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Folklore in the Old Testament]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[James George Frazer]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Genesis&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Gerhard von Rad]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Life and Language in the Old Testament&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Mary Ellen Chase]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Myths, Legends and Customs in the Old Testament&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Theodor Gaster]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Stories from Ancient Canaan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Michael Coogan|Michael D. Coogan]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Ancient Gods&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[E. O. James]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Cambridge World History]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Cambridge University Press]] &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Hazor&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Yigael Yadin]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Recent Archaeological Discoveries and Biblical Research&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[William G. Dever]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Shechem&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[G. Ernest Wright]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Yigael Yadin]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Bible As History&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Werner Keller (writer)|Werner Keller]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[The Historicity of the Patriarchal Narratives]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Thomas L. Thompson]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[James H. Charlesworth]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Treasures from Bible Times&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Alan Millard]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ugarit and the Old Testament&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Peter Craigie]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Women in Ancient History&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Harriet Beecher Stowe|Harriet Stowe]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Wanderings: Chaim Potok&amp;#039;s History of the Jews|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wanderings&amp;#039;&amp;#039;]]&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Chaim Potok]]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Dawn of Civilization&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|[[Stuart Piggott]]&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
;Articles&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Bible_Review_Magazine.jpg|thumb|Articles from the [[Bible Review]] were used as a point of reference.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Articles referred to in the production of the Patriarch episodes included:&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:3&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[National Geographic]]&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Journey into the Living World of the Bible&amp;quot; by [[Melville Bell Grosvenor]]  (Oct, 1967)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Splendors of the Bronze Age&amp;quot; by [[George F. Bass]] (Dec, 1987)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Bringing Old Testament Times to Life&amp;quot; by [[G. Ernest Wright]] (Dec ,1957)&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Bible Review]]/[[Biblical Archaeology Review]]&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;The Mothers of Israel&amp;quot; by [[J. Cheryl Exum]] (Spring 1986)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Patriarchal Burial Site Explored for First Time in 700 Years&amp;quot; by [[Nancy K. Miller|Nancy Miller]] (May–June 1985)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Ekron of the Philistines&amp;quot; by Trude Dothan and [[Seymour Gitin]] (Jan/Feb 1990)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Elie Borowswki Seeks a Home for his Collection&amp;quot; by [[Hershel Shanks]] (Mar/Apr 1985)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Exploring Philistine Origins on the Island of Cyprus&amp;quot; by [[Vassos Karageorghis]] (Mar/Apr 1984)&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Jacob Takes his Bride&amp;quot; by [[Thomas Mann]] (Spring 1986)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Music==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Parma Psalter 188a.l.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Psalm 126]] serves as the opening theme of the series.]]&lt;br /&gt;
The title song by music director [[Karthik Raja]] was based on {{Bibleverse|Psalm|126:5–6|KJV}}.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:2&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; The Patriarch episodes had lyrics written by [[Kaifi Azmi]] and [[Hasan Kamal|Hasan Kamaal]] with songs sung by [[Kavita Krishnamurti]], [[Vinod Rathod]], [[Suresh Wadkar]], and [[Vani Jairam]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:1&amp;quot; /&amp;gt; These episodes included recreated [[Hurrian songs]] by [[Anne Draffkorn Kilmer]], and [[Music of ancient Greece|Ancient Greek music]] by Gregorio Paniagua. Music from &amp;quot;The Music of the Bible Revealed, Tapes and the Book&amp;quot; by [[Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura]], and &amp;quot;The Rise of Ancient Israel&amp;quot; by the [[Biblical Archaeology Society]] was also included in these episodes with Vantoura also serving as an advisor.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:3&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:4&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Broadcast and release ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Broadcast ===&lt;br /&gt;
The first Episode &amp;quot;Adam and Eve&amp;quot; aired on 20 December 1992 on [[DD National]]. DD discontinued the series after few episodes because there was fear of communal tension due to certain episodes, in view of threats from certain [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir|Kashmiri militants]] who had objections with [[Aniconism in Islam|portrayal]] of [[Prophets and messengers in Islam|Islamic prophets]] on screen and hostility from radical elements.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=More mythology on DD&amp;#039;s Sunday slot|url=http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/essays.nsf/%28docid%29/74F88593A9D030D96525693F0037D2D4|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928001235/http://www.cscsarchive.org:8081/MediaArchive/essays.nsf/%28docid%29/74F88593A9D030D96525693F0037D2D4|archive-date=28 September 2011|access-date=23 February 2011}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Home media ===&lt;br /&gt;
A 4 disk set of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bible Ki Kahaniyan&amp;#039;&amp;#039; was released on [[DVD]] by Indus Video in the [[NTSC]] standard, containing all six episodes of the series that were broadcast by [[Doordarshan]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;:5&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[[Dayasagar]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*[[List of programs broadcast by DD National]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[List of films based on the Bible]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[List of Christian films]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Religious broadcasting]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Christianity in India]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Further reading ==&lt;br /&gt;
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* {{Cite web|last=Agarwal|first=Amit|date=1993-01-15|title=TV serial &amp;#039;Bible Ki Kahaniyan&amp;#039; emphasises more on authenticity than spectacle|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19930115-tv-serial-bible-ki-kahaniyan-emphasises-more-on-authenticity-than-spectacle-810562-1993-01-15|url-status=live|website=[[India Today]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kTxq0kUkcrwC|title=Democratic World|publisher=Gulab Singh &amp;amp; Sons|year=1992|volume=21|pages=34–36}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Notes ==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Notelist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{IMDb title|tt2459620}}&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;#039;&amp;#039;[https://www.navodayastudio.com/bible-tv-serial Bible Ki Kahaniyan]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; at [[Navodaya Studio]]&lt;br /&gt;
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