son? i don t know if it s heart breaking or not, but i know it s eye opening and it s important, because abraham introduces the idea. you can kill in the name of god. i think it s important for everybody to understand that this idea is embedded in these biblical stories. this is not all kumbaya and can we all live in peace and say you like butterflies and love your children, therefore we can all get along. yet, the story is not an endorsement of killing in the name of god. so, it s a test. god is testing him. he doesn t really intend for him to kill his son. at a time when offering human sacrifice was common, this story was a call to end that barbaric practice. still, here and in so many places around the world, so many thousands of years later, the sacrifice of sons and daughters in the name of god and faith
place violently. what did noah or the people who lived there during what you believe to be this huge flood, what did they see? it probably was a bad day. and a lot of real estate, 150,000 square kilometers of land went under. and 400 feet below the surface, ballard believes he s found proof of that catastrophic event. and i love it. i love it. i love it. i love it. i love it. they unearthed an ancient shoreline. we have actually dated it about 5,000 b.c. and that is about the time that the bible says noah and the great flood happened. exactly. i mean, wow. so, it nailed it. ballard and other who is agree with the so-called black sea theory believe the survivors of this traumatic event passed the story down from generation to generation and eventually inspired the biblical account. here s the problem, when people read the story, they say, well did it cover the whole planet in water? no, but it covered their world.
and everyone here from the stagehands to the leading actors is christian. before every performance, they pray together. what we do is we seek the lord in prayer. what s the story you think is relevant to today? but also, they re relevant to the twists and turns and drama we re looking for, particularly the epic stories of the old testament. you can take a seat. our rocks are cushioned here. that s good. these are the most comfortable rocks i ever sat on. that s right. i got a behind the scenes tour from joseph himself. you re not just plain joseph. you name is joseph, right? joey? that s right. joey believes, like joseph from the bible, god has a plan for him, too. my mom had a child. and he passed. and my mom woke up in the middle of the night and said that god
born in mesopotamia, goes to egypt, and comes back. the story is trying to connect him, i think, to the entire ark of the region. it s a story that s shared by about half the world. abraham s path will eventually wind through ten countries. our next stop is in the biblical land of kanaan, in what is now israel and the west bank. my guide on this part of abraham s path is abnar goran, an israeli archeologist. if somebody is thinking for getting back to roots, coming back to being in touch with god, the visit is always the place. it s almost kind of shocking to me that these immense stories that more than, you know, 2 billion, 3 billion people believe in, christian, jew, muslim, there s not a rock that connects them. you re an archeologist.
will continue to search for the ark and anything else from the bible stories that they might be able to see or touch or feel. there is this desire to reconnect with the story. and that continues today. to think if you can prove that one screw existed, you can prove that the whole machine existed. next, we dig through the sands of egypt and trek across the ancient deserts to unravel a seething family saga of jealousy, faith, and betrayal, when back to the beginning with christiane amanpour returns. e, every idea sold. .you deserve a cadillac, the fastest growing full-line luxury brand in the united states. including the all new 2014 cadillac cts, motor trend s 2014 car of the year. get the best offers of the season on our award winning products. like a 2014 ats and srx. hurry in, offers end january 2nd.