About the Host
Simcha Jacobovici asks the questions we all want to know the answers to: Why is it so bad to be called a Philistine? Was Jezebel really that sexy? What do you do when you find a 2,000-year-old palace under your house? And where do you stop for a good falafel when you're on your way to find the real Mount Sinai?
"My goal," says Jacobovici, "is to demystify the Bible in general, and archaeology in particular, to brush away the cobwebs and burst academic bubbles."
Drawing on years of personal research and his experience in bringing history to life on the screen, Jacobovici fearlessly probes some of the most controversial new theories in Biblical archaeology: That an African army rescued Jerusalem in the 8th Century B.C.; that the invention of the alphabet contributed to the biblical Exodus; and that recently discovered Bronze Age ceramic pieces may shed new light on the story of Samson and Delilah.
Says Andrew Weissberg, History International’s Director of Scheduling and Acquisitions,"This series is a completely fresh way of looking at archaeology and history. Simcha takes the viewer to places most of us will never have access to and reveals what archaeology can - and cannot - tell us about history and the Bible. And he has great fun doing it.”
Jacobovici recently scored a broadcasting sensation with The Exodus Decoded, co-produced with James Cameron, which premiered on The History Channel in August 2006 with great success. In Canada, Jacobovici was just nominated for “Best Host” in the upcoming Gemini Awards (Canada’s Emmys).
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