Continuing with reactions to The Chosen ...
The episode of the wedding at Cana in Galilee was overall well-done, I thought ... but sooo slooooow. This series has a problem with pacing. It was a nice touch having Thomas present as a wine wrangler.
But my job is to nitpick! It was this episode I think that began at the pawnshop, which displayed a sign in typeset (!) Hebrew (!) טובין משועבדים, which means "pledged goods" in Modern Hebrew. In both modern and ancient Hebrew (and Aramaic) the notion of pawning is expressed by the root משכן, so I'm not sure where they got their expression.
I also have a beef with the presentation of John the Baptist's imprisonment. The Pharisee Nicodemus visits him in a Roman prison, where he has been put because a Pharisee laid an information against him (because John called them a "brood of vipers," Matt. 3:7). But it's explicitly said in the gospels (e.g, Luke 3:19-20) that Herod Antipas, tetrach of Galilee, imprisoned John because John had criticized him for marrying Herodias, his brother's wife. Neither the Romans nor the Pharisees enter into it. Since the biblical scenario has all kinds of dramatic possibilities, I'm not sure why the script ignores it (and so far the script doesn't mention Herod at all).
Watch this space for more carping to come!
2 comments:
Patience, my friend. This isn't John's final arrest. Also, if you are interested, on The Chosen app they have Bible Round tables where they have the three biblical consultants for the show (a messianic rabbi, a catholic priest and Doug Huffman from Talbot) discuss the show with Dallas Jenkins and, sometimes, where they think the writers may have gotten something wrong. They have one for each episode.
Thanks, Jeff. I'll check that out.
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