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The themes touched on in this program cover the whole spectrum of ideas in the Old Testament: myth and history, poetry and allegory. The stories are classed under the headings of the Genesis Story of Creation, the Patriarchs, Israel in Egypt, the Promised Land, the Lord's Anointed, and Exile and Return. The illustrations, by artists from Fra Lippo Lippi and Rembrandt to William Blake, not only clarify the Biblical narrative but broaden its metaphoric range. (76 minutes)
