History Main / AdventuresInTheBible

* It doesn't actually occur, but in ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' the Doc says that one could witness the birth of Christ as he sets the time circuits to "DEC 25 0000". Of course, there was no year zero nor is it especially likely that Jesus was actually born on Christmas. [[WordOfGod Bob Gale]] has indicated that this bit was meant to be taken as a joke.

Unlike FieldTripToThePast, which deals with history that's supported by multiple sources (''e.g.'', photographs, witnesses' accounts, documents, ''etc''.), this trope covers events (UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar, for example) that usually have only literary sources (such as Creator/{{Homer}}, Creator/{{Vergil}}, or [[RetCon Dares the Phrygian]]), the veracity of which may be challenged by scholars. As such, these stories straddle the line between history and literature.

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* In Creator/MichaelMoorcock's ''Behold the Man'', Karl Glogauer, the protagonist, is shocked to find Jesus to be deformed and mentally incompetent. Trapped in the past, Glogauer gradually assumes the identity of a Messiah.

* Parodied in a ''Series/MadTV1991'' sketch where UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} meets the Franchise/{{Terminator}}. He gets increasingly annoyed because the Terminator keeps interfering to prevent his entire InspirationalMartyr death.

* Parodied in a ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' sketch where UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} meets the Franchise/{{Terminator}}. He gets increasingly annoyed because the Terminator keeps interfering to prevent his entire InspirationalMartyr death.

* ''Anime/SuperBook'' has this for a premise.

* The premise of ''WesternAnimation/Superbook2011,'' a remake of the aforementioned Anime/SuperBook.

* The premise of ''{{Superbook (2011)}},'' a remake of the aforementioned Anime/SuperBook.

* The premise of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superbook (2011)}},'' a remake of the aforementioned Anime/SuperBook.

* The premise of ''WesternAnimation/Superbook(2011)''

** In "The Walls of Jericho," they end up at the siege of Jericho (as portrayed in the Literature/BookOfJoshua) and [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy become the two spies mentioned in the Biblical text]].

** In "The Walls of Jericho," they end up at the siege of Jericho (as portrayed in the Literature/BookOfJoshua]]) and [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy become the two spies mentioned in the Biblical text]].

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* In the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' story, ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoNEDAS4E7RelativeDimensions Relative Dimensions]]'' The Doctor mentions he once took Creator/LeonardoDaVinci to the birth of Christ so he could check the lighting for ''Adoration Of The Magi''.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The First Doctor serial [[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E3TheMythMakers "The Myth Makers"]] involves him and his companions going to see the Trojan War. In fact, companion Vicki winds up leaving the TARDIS and becoming a mythological figure herself, Cressida.

* Inverted in ''Present Time'', a religious children's show about a laptop time machine that can summon biblical figures bro the present.

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* The religious film ''The Daylight Zone'', which is a parody of ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone''.

* ''[[Literature/LetsGoToGolgotha Let's Go to Golgotha!]]'' by Creator/GarryKilworth features time travel vacations back to view the Crucifixion.
* ''Literature/TennisShoesAmongTheNephites'' features time travel to ''Literature/TheBookofMormon'' events . . . that is, until the fifth book. The cast expands exponentially by the twelfth book, and they are all spread across several times and continents in both Bible and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints canon.
* ''Literature/DarkPassage'', by Junius Podrug, features a RagtagBunchOfMisfits [[TerminatorTwosome going back in time to prevent]] the Islamic extremist terrorists from killing Jesus before his crucifixion. Which is strange, considering Jesus is still a respected prophet in Islam... and Islam didn't exist while Jesus was alive...

* ''Let's Go to Golgotha!'' by Creator/GarryKilworth features time travel vacations back to view the Crucifixion.
* ''Tennis Shoes among the Nephites'' features time travel to ''Literature/TheBookofMormon'' events . . . that is, until the fifth book. The cast expands exponentially by the twelfth book, and they are all spread across several times and continents in both Bible and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints canon.
* ''Dark Passage'', by Junius Podrug, features a RagtagBunchOfMisfits [[TerminatorTwosome going back in time to prevent]] the Islamic extremist terrorists from killing Jesus before his crucifixion. Which is strange, considering Jesus is still a respected prophet in Islam... and Islam didn't exist while Jesus was alive...

* ''Dark Passage'', by Junius Podrug, features a RagtagBunchOfMisfits [[TerminatorTwosome going back in time to prevent]] the Islamic extremist terrorists from killing Jesus before his crucifixion. Which is strange, considering Jesus is still a respected prophet in Islam... and Islam didn't exist whil Jesus was alive...
* Madeline L'Engle's ''Many Waters'' has the Murry twins going back to the time of Noah's Ark.
** Unlike most examples, this one keeps the well-known part of the story (Noah) hidden for quite a while so, unless you're ''really'' up on your Old Testament, you don't even know you're reading a Bible story until about half way through.

* ''Music/KidsPraise'': The 7th album involves time travel while the kids learn about how praise songs have been written over the centuries, and the first two stops are in Bible times: King David while he was still a shepherd boy playing is harp, and the dedication of Solomon's Temple.