Synopsis
"Shot on location in the Middle East, this miniseries chronicles Jacob's Old Testament journey from one who cheats to one who is cheated, along with Joseph's eventual rise from shackled slave to one of the most powerful men in Egypt." [Netflix]
Period
"Many scholars have argued that the story of Joseph appears to be set in the mid-17th century B.C.E., a time when the unity of Egypt's Upper and Lower Kingdoms had crumbled once again." [Isbouts, p. 92]