A three-part docuseries about the Old Testament figure Moses has landed among Netflix’s top 10 most popular series.
“Testament: The Story of Moses” debuted on the streaming platform in March as the No. 1 show and since then, the gripping docudrama and expert interviews have captivated viewers.
The three-part series is narrated by Charles Dance and “chronicles Moses’ remarkable life as a prince, prophet and more with insights from theologians and historians.”
“I think of ‘Prince of Egypt’ or ‘Ten Commandments,’ and those are all great films, but it seems like Moses is almost presented as superhuman,” Kelly McPherson, executive producer of the series, told the Christian Post.
“We liked the fact that he was a person with flaws; he had to overcome a lot and what was, by many accounts, a tragic childhood. We liked making him more human. He does things that are superheroic, yes, but there was a side of him that was very, very human and very, very flawed at the same time,” she continued.
Rabbi Maurice Harris, one of the Jewish commentators in the series and the author of “Moses: A Stranger Among Us,” thinks it is Moses’ humanity that is resonating with
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