| For the team at The Kids Bible Company LLC, | | | | point of the Bible story in Genesis was not |
| producers of 'The Animated Kid's Bible' | | | | so much the type of fruit that Eve ate, but |
| Collectable DVD Series, maintaining Biblical | | | | the abject lesson of obedience which God was |
| integrity was of utmost priority, but so too | | | | trying to teach His created: Adam and Eve. |
| was the capacity to thoroughly engage & | | | | God had set a clear boundary: his created |
| 'edu-tain' young audiences. | | | | were able to eat from any other tree in |
| | | | Paradise - but they were forbidden to eat |
| With this in mind, a panel of writers was | | | | from only one tree out of the many. The fruit |
| commissioned to draw biblical truths from the | | | | of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. |
| greatest & most controversial book ever | | | | |
| written, the Bible. Then bring it to the | | | | Decades of movies, videos, & children's Bible |
| screen with portraying these historical yet | | | | storybooks have indelibly impressed upon us |
| ordinary people who lived extraordinary | | | | the common apple as the bane of the curse of |
| lives. | | | | sin, and yet without scriptural accuracy: a |
| | | | critical point the writers were obviously |
| In the premier episode, 'Creation', presented | | | | keen to share with their potentially vast |
| in super-vivid 3D-CGI (computer generated | | | | viewing audience. |
| images) Eve eats from the tree of knowledge | | | | |
| of good & evil, and much to our initial | | | | So keen in fact, that the premise is reasoned |
| surprise she eats a yet unidentified fruit | | | | out in the 'Special Features' segment |
| that drips with persuasiveness. Are we | | | | presented by a quirky penguin called Pip! In |
| surprised? You bet! Since the 'forbidden | | | | addition to the main story within each |
| fruit' has traditionally been presented to us | | | | episode of "The Animated Kids Bible", this |
| - as being an apple. And such is the strong | | | | segment holds a real treasure chest that is |
| reaction the images evoke; it's enough to | | | | embedded with precious facts, meticulously |
| send you reaching for your Bible to | | | | researched to enrich the viewers' knowledge |
| substantiate! | | | | and appreciation of biblical characters and |
| | | | their unique history. |
| It is possible that the 'traditional apple | | | | |
| view' stemmed from a pun of the Latin word | | | | Each character finds their place on the |
| 'malus,' which loosely, sounds like 'evil' | | | | family tree, and as the genealogy grows, so |
| and 'apple.' But, as we check Genesis 3:6 it | | | | too does our interest in future episodes. A |
| says: "So when the woman saw that the tree | | | | 'Fact File' is loaded with information on |
| was good for food, that it was pleasant to | | | | maps - historical and modern day - timelines |
| the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one | | | | of the biblical families are tendered. |
| wise, she took of the fruit and ate." | | | | Additionally, very interesting and relevant |
| | | | questions that only a child would think of |
| Most of us probably know the story of Adam & | | | | are promptly answered. |
| Eve: the woman was deceived, & the eating of | | | | |
| the fruit brought the swift sentence of death | | | | Animation story-boards are offered also for |
| to mankind. The serpent was cursed to | | | | those young viewers who are keen to learn |
| disgrace and destruction; the woman was | | | | more about the animation process. An original |
| doomed to sorrow in child-bearing and | | | | animated music video is also part of the |
| subservience to her husband; and the man was | | | | line-up to enthrall the young viewers and to |
| predestined to distress, disappointment, and | | | | get them smiling. And to complete the |
| a life of hard labor. | | | | picture, orientation is provided by way of |
| | | | preview trailers for up and coming episodes |
| OK. So what's the point, you ask? The whole | | | | too, added to satisfy the viewers' curiosity. |