History WesternAnimation / TheGreatestAdventureStoriesFromTheBible

** The BBC eventually proved that English naval engineering's planking system would not have produced an Ark strong enough to support its own weight. By contrast, the Answers in Genesis video ''Noah's Ark: Thinking Outside the Box'' demonstrated that Sumerian planking was more labor-intensive; and involved more complex steps that yielded much-tighter vessels. English engineering for wooden ships was done cheaply, so that merchants could get good bargains on vessels and trade them in for improved models in a few years' time. Since Noah didn't have to worry about the value of a ship being downgraded by the risks of piracy, he would have had no reason to build the Ark according to cheaper, more English methods that would not have existed in his day anyway.

* MacGyvering: Derek uses materials in a temple to invent a makeshift glider in "Samson and Delilah"

* PragmaticAdaptation: The "Nativity" episode shows the Magi walking into the manger in Bethlehem where Jesus was born - rather than arriving several years after the fact (either at his baptism or not) not on his actual birthday but on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_(holiday) Epiphany]]. This was done to avoid plotholes and to give a conclusion to their 'story'.

* ShoutOut: Moses wears the same outfit worn by Charlton Heston in ''Film/TheTenCommandments''. Also, the scene where Egypt's water is turned to blood is a nearly shot-for-shot copy of the same scene from ''The Ten Commandments''.

* Creator/TimCurry: Played the serpent in the Garden of Eden. Very well at that.

* WeirdnessCensor: Only a few episodes have the other characters find Derek, Margo, and Moki's clothing and 20th century mannerisms confusing. Most others just take it in stride.

* BibleTimes: Well, [[CaptainObvious duh!]]

* {{Fanservice}}: Delilah from "Samson and Delilah" and the [[BellyDancer belly dancers]] from the infamous party in "Daniel and the Lion's Den". DoNotDoThisCoolThing!

* {{Fanservice}}: Delilah from "Samson and Delilah" and the [[BellyDancer belly dancers]] from the infamous party in "Daniel and the Lion's Den".

** Traditionally, Vashti is seen as a wicked StrawFeminist while Esther is praised for being a properly submissive wife. Since the 19th century, there has been a feminist AlternativeCharacterInterpretation that views Vashti as an independent-minded heroine and Esther as [[RealWomenDontWearDresses a worthless pushover]]. In the ''Greatest Adventure'' version, both women are portrayed sympathetically, with the apparent reasoning that Vashti only had herself to be concerned about whereas Esther did what she had to do to save her people.

* {{Fanservice}}: Delilah from "Samson and Delilah" and the belly dancers from the infamous party in "Daniel and the Lion's Den".

* OutOfOrder: Kind of. The episodes are generally ordered chronologically, starting with "The Creation" and ending with "The Easter Story", but that's not the order they were released in. In fact, the episodes were produced in no particular order, ending with "Queen Esther" in 1992. Some continuity problems stem from this, if we are too assume the time-travelers are going through the Bible chronologically. For example, in "Moses" (released in 1986) the gang is amazed at having arrived in Egypt. However, they were already in Egypt in the chronologically previous episode "Joseph and His Brothers" (released in 1990).

* StandardSnippet: "The Easter Story" ends with a triumphant rendition of the "Hallelujah" chorus from Music/GeorgeFredericHandel's ''Messiah''.

It also shares an art style with ''CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'', as Ted Turner helped fund the project.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Since these videos [[AnimationAgeGhetto were made for children]], it was assumed that [[ViewersAreMorons they wouldn't question]] the animals that were placed in the Garden. However, baraminologists and taxonomists would agree that placing ''modern'' species and sub-species in the garden when Genesis ''clearly'' states "created kinds" is a bit of a problem. Especially since it increases several thousandfold how many animals Adam would have had to name. It also complicates things for the Noah episode, an issue ignored by that episode as well.

Similar to ''SuperBook'' and ''The Flying House'', the series tried to focus on making the characters from the biblical stories relatable and believable. Surprisingly, it also adhered as closely to the original stories as possible, keeping many of the elements that most MoralGuardians quietly edit out to make the stories "appropriate" for children, editing only the relative closeness of events in order to keep within the 30-minute time frame.

Developed by HannaBarbera from 1985 to 1993, ''The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible'' was a 13-episode direct-to-video series that featured three young explorers, Derek, Margo, and Moki, traveling through time via unexplained Doorways of Time, which allow them to witness some of the major events recorded in Literature/TheBible. Often even within the same episode, they would stumble across one of the Doorways, allowing them to witness events from the same story that took place years later.

Because of the close adherence, the series took the biblical stories very seriously; it was usually the side adventures of the time travelers that featured any comedy, although they often overlapped with the main story as the heroes tried to help the Biblical figures out in whatever way they could.

-->''"While surveying the site of some ancient ruins, two young archaeologists, Derek and Margo, and their nomad friend Moki find themselves trapped and sinking in a whirling pool of sand. And when the dust settles, they stare up in awe at a vast chamber, filled with giant relics and artifacts from another civilization... And there, at the far end of the cavern, a door with a strange inscription - 'All who enter these portals pass through time!'"''

These cartoons are still often shown to kids in Sunday School

[[caption-width:209:The main characters (in modern-day clothing) listening to the story of The Garden of Eden.]]

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* ClipShow: Very briefly at the start of "The Miracles of Jesus". For about a minute and a half, Benjamin describes the history of the Hebrews with the help of StockFootage from previous episodes.