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Additionally, the episode explicitly shows David's older brother Eliab as being ready to challenge the Philistines, only to immediately draw back when Goliath first appears (in the source material, while Eliab is part of the Israelite army, he's not specifically pointed out except for when he scolds David for being at the battlefield). Here, in the episode "A Giant Adventure," the confrontation is drawn out a little with David having to dodge Goliath's attacks prior to slinging the stone.
In the Bible, the battle between David and Goliath is depicted as a Curb-Stomp Battle in David's favor when he knocks Goliath out with a stone to the head (and then cuts off the giant's head with his own sword). Yet now you are brought down to the lowest depths of the pit. How you are cut down to the ground, you, who weakened the nations. Michael: How you have fallen from Heaven, oh Lucifer, son of the morning. 
The Bible generally portrays the rebellion in Heaven in only one short statement in Revelation 12:7-8: "And there was war in Heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon (Lucifer) and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not." In "In The Beginning," we get to see a short but action-packed portrayal of that battle, with Lucifer and Michael going for each other in the clash before Michael personally throws Lucifer out of Heaven (while quoting Isaiah 14:12-15 for good measure). Adaptation Expansion: Quite a bit across episodes. "Joseph and Pharaoh's Dream" has Joseph tell the kids that he wound up in prison for something he did not do, but he doesn't go into detail about what that something was (namely, being accused of raping Potiphar's wife as retaliation on her part for his refusing her advances). The later episode "Love Your Enemies" does depict the stoning in full, but Stephen's only injuries are minor bruises. "The Road to Damascus" shows a flashback of Stephen being surrounded by an angry mob and hit with a few rocks as they start to stone him before cutting away from the rest of the execution. "Elijah and the Prophets of Baal" doesn't show the titular prophets cutting themselves during their noisy worship rites on Mount Carmel like they did in the source material (though they are shown holding swords while they're dancing around). Also, the Battle of Jericho from the aforementioned episode is the only segment of the Conquest of the Promised Land this incarnation of the show depicts, probably because the ludicrous level of genocide posited by the whole saga might be a little too much to justify to a younger audience. "Rahab and the Walls of Jericho" shows Rahab being shunned by her neighbors but doesn't explain why (the Bible explicitly states that she's a prostitute, which is a line of work society tends to look down upon). 
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Abridged for Children: The series tends not to shy away from the more dark and violent aspects of the Bible stories it teaches, but some episodes still Bowdlerize Biblical scenes containing sexual references or violence that might be a tad too intense to be broadcast to young kids:. The exact year is conflictingly dated by the show to be anywhere from the 22nd century to the 30th century depending on the episode. 
20 Minutes into the Future: In the modern world where the kids live, technology is so advanced that robots like Gizmo and inventions like rocket-boots don't cause anyone to bat an eye and space exploration is commonplace enough for an astronaut training day-camp to be a casual affair, but the setting is otherwise indistinguishable from the real world. Like its predecessor series, this show stays largely faithful to the original Bible stories, although it doesn't shy away from some of the stories' darker and more violent aspects (it's not afraid to show shepherd boy David killing a lion or the scars from Jesus' beatings prior to the crucifixion, for instance) even as it keeps the material appropriate for children. This series follows the adventures of Chris Quantum and his best friend Joy Pepper, along with their robotic companion Gizmo, as they experience various Bible stories and meet the characters therein by way of the eponymous Superbook (here a hand-held electronic device instead of a physical book like the original), which takes them back in time to the Biblical eras in order to teach them important lessons that relate to problems they are facing in the modern day. #Tvtropes superpowered evil side tv#
Superbook is a 2011 computer-animated reboot of the 1981 Japanese-American animation series of the same name, produced by the Christian Broadcasting Network (which also developed the original series alongside TV Tokyo).
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