“Naked Archaeologist” Simcha Jocobovici travels to Israel during his television show “The Naked Archaeologist” in order to gain insight on the holy lands, and to entertain those who want to learn about biblical times through archaeology. In episode 8, “Biblical Food,” Jocobovici travels to sites around Jerusalem in order to gain knowledge about the foods that were cooked and consumed during “Biblical times.” Throughout this episode, and through the other episodes, Jocobovici remains non-specific with the dates and locations of the sites that he was using to reference for him to make an accurate biblical dish. In episode 9, “Jesus: The Early Years,” Jocobovici uses both Bethlehems in Israel in order to build what life would have been like
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During “Biblical Foods” Jocobovici was attempting to make a biblical dish as accurately as possible. This included using pottery, an olive press, and a reconstructed site along with the help of an expert in biblical foods. The site and items the he used in order to make his authentic biblical dish relates to the introduction of Philistine culture. We discussed that at sites in Hazor olive presses were discovered dating back to 8th century BCE, and how the sarfi was common in the mud brick homes which were both present and used during this episode. Sadly, Jocobovici found it unnecessary to describe to the audience the importance of the cultural and period of the items he was using. Jocobovici failed to mention these details about the sites throughout the show. The only time that any solid information about the site was used was when another expert described the cooking pots in the ground and how the leftover chicken bones were dated to at least 3,000 years …show more content…
Indirectly, through visuals or outside professionals that he brought with him, he presented evidence that seemed to be from Philistine culture during the iron age through the sites he visited and the reconstructed items that he used. Based off of the indirect evidence that he used, the information presented seemed to be accurate. His dates, although not directly stated, was being dated back to the iron age which is considered the time of the
During “Biblical Foods” Jocobovici was attempting to make a biblical dish as accurately as possible. This included using pottery, an olive press, and a reconstructed site along with the help of an expert in biblical foods. The site and items the he used in order to make his authentic biblical dish relates to the introduction of Philistine culture. We discussed that at sites in Hazor olive presses were discovered dating back to 8th century BCE, and how the sarfi was common in the mud brick homes which were both present and used during this episode. Sadly, Jocobovici found it unnecessary to describe to the audience the importance of the cultural and period of the items he was using. Jocobovici failed to mention these details about the sites throughout the show. The only time that any solid information about the site was used was when another expert described the cooking pots in the ground and how the leftover chicken bones were dated to at least 3,000 years …show more content…
Indirectly, through visuals or outside professionals that he brought with him, he presented evidence that seemed to be from Philistine culture during the iron age through the sites he visited and the reconstructed items that he used. Based off of the indirect evidence that he used, the information presented seemed to be accurate. His dates, although not directly stated, was being dated back to the iron age which is considered the time of the