I’m not really sure if it’s permissible or even legal or not, quite frankly. I’m pretty sure that the owners of the DVD may have problems with folk downloading it from YouTube. But I suppose until they put the kibash to it, (which I feel certain they will), it’s available here. I viewed and reviewed it back in yonder days here (as well as for the Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament).
UPDATE: I have received this note from Icarus Films, the production company responsible for the film, in response to my question to them concerning the legitimacy of the YouTube postings:
Dear Dr West
Thank you for telling us! No, we did not know, and no it is not ok with us or the filmmakers. We will see what we can do about it. Thanks again for writing. Best for now.
Sincerely,Jonathan Miller
President
Icarus Films
I think it very important that academics and Christians especially respect copyright laws. Hence, I have removed the YouTube links to the film snippets.
Chuck Grantham said,
July 16, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Sadly, most anyone producing any form of video these days must have a Youtube surveillance team in place.
At least until James White single-handedly takes over Youtube with his hour-long lecture videos.
Bob Schillaci said,
July 16, 2008 at 5:00 pm
I’m glad I took the time to watch it. It actually went further than the book in some cases. The comments of A. Mazar and Halpern regarding the polytheistic religion of the time seemed to go far beyond what was originally in the text.
I looked for it on Netflix but they don’t seem to have that one.
Jim said,
July 16, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Bob you can get it from the production company- Icarus Films.
Bob Schillaci said,
July 17, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Thanks, Jim. Because it isn’t available through Amazon which is where I get most of my stuff.
(Meanwhile, the clips remain live on Youtube as of a minute ago. Maybe the lawyers are on vacation?)
Jim said,
July 17, 2008 at 1:34 pm
May I just say, without seeming snarky, that just because it’s available doesn’t mean it should be accessed. A while back it was discovered that a certain englishman had taken a number of copyrighted materials, Gesenius’ Hebrew Grammar for one, and placed them online in pdf. I protested then, as I have now, that not only must such protected materials not be accessed by biblical scholars, they should be widely and soundly denounced.