![]() It would not at all be surprising to me if I heard that each 7 hours of interview time yielded 30 seconds to a few minutes’ worth of quality material. This speaks to a combination of careful selection of experts, skillful/artistic story line development, and editing out non-pertinent data. Getting experts who can say exactly what needs to be said in a way that is engaging and accessible to a 21st century non-specialist is, in my opinion, akin to capturing lightning in a bottle. ![]() Not all scholars are interesting and efficient communicators. Of particular interest to me were the personalities selected for the interviews. I found myself pointing out familiar places to my wife, such as the Radcliffe Camera and oft featured Hertford College Bridge (though these two were mere architectural eye candy as far as the story line was concerned). The structures and images were beautiful. I felt like I was back on the streets of Oxford and visiting the Weston library. The locations were also familiar, and were the most important, interesting, and attractive historical and academic environments for the subject matter. The contributors to the film were almost all well-known scholars in the field of NT and related studies. Their work here may have set a new standard in terms of clear, strategic, effective use of digital and traditional media in service to a well-conceived story line on this kind of subject.Ģ. They are well known for excelling in the area of electronic media. ![]() Indeed, Faithlife is the parent company of Logos Bible Software. It seemed obvious to me that the film was produced by experts in digital media. It was engaging, and purposeful, and complimented the story line and various arguments well. The most immediate observation that we made was in connection to the cinematography. The below are what we viewed as the top three highlights.ġ. Dan’s team sent me a couple of tickets, and so my wife and I attended courtesy of Faithlife. This is reportedly Faithlife’s first effort at such a film and it was released in select theaters around the country, for one night only on April, 24th at 7:00 PM. Along the way, it engages the primary questions raised by serious NT critics. Titled “ Fragments of Truth,” the documentary provides an efficient, graphic explanation of the manuscript history of the New Testament. A few weeks ago I received an email from Dan Pritchett, Executive VP at Faithlife informing me of a new limited showing film ready to be released by his company.
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