It has long been said that the Holy Bible has been and is the most influential book in the world. And why not? Written more than 1,500 years ago by more than 40 writers in three different languages, this tome known as the Word of God has influenced and shaped Western civilization in a host of notable areas as related to law, language and cultures.

Christians view the Holy Bible as a living document, one that deepens their faith and serves as a guidebook to navigate through the challenges that daily living presents.

For as much as modern civilization continues to utilize the valuable lessons found within the Bible’s 66 chapters, little is known about how it came to be. How it was created and came together is sometimes a bit of a mystery to those who spend time immersed in reading it day by day. But it doesn’t need to be that way. “We have more manuscripts than any other piece of ancient literature,” explains Erin Zimmerman, a documentary filmmaker.

“We have ones that are closer to the age that they were written than any other piece of ancient literature. We have pieces of the Bible that come within a hundred years of their writing. I want people to say, "I have confidence in the Bible. This is something we can read. And we know exactly what God gave us.”

Zimmerman has devoted much of her professional life to digging deeper into how things came to be as viewed through the lens of Scripture. In her latest film, “Oracles of God: The Story of the Old Testament,” she uses expert interviews, stunning cinematography and dramatic reenactments to present how the text of the Old Testament was written, painstakingly copied, and preserved over thousands of years.“

Everybody loves a good origin story,” says Zimmerman, who is a four-time Emmy Award nominee. “This is the Bible's origin story. You're hearing a lot today from people in the academic world who say it was mistranslated and it was copied so many times that the text was corrupted. Or there are secret gospels that should have been in the Bible and aren't. If you want to know the real story and be able to refute that stuff, watch this movie.”

Filmed on location in Israel, Zimmerman places a special focus on the oldest copies of the Hebrew Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Zimmerman joins us on the Crossmap Podcast to walk us through why the bestselling book of all time remains one of the most controversial texts in world history. Listen as she shares various misconceptions about the Bible and how she set out to dispel them in "Oracles of God."

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