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The Holy Land Experience is
a Living Biblical Museum

Orlando, FL - The Holy Land Experience, opened February 5, 2001, is a $16 million, 15-acre "living biblical museum" in Orlando. The Holy Land Experience is a development of Zion's Hope, a nonprofit, non-denominational Christian ministry headed by Marvin J. Rosenthal, headquartered at the theme park site. Orlando-based ITEC Entertainment Corp, one of the world's leading independent entertainment design and technology companies, has responsibility for the design and production of the total project.

The Itec Entertainment Corporation, creators of Universal's Island of Adventure, recreated biblical Jerusalem in elaborate and authentic detail. Its scope is from 1450 BCE to CE 66, through the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament, from Genesis through Revelation. It is a wholly sensory experience--educational, historical, theatrical, inspirational and evangelistic. The blending of sights, sounds, and tastes bring guests to a world 7,000 miles away and more than 3,000 years back in time. Its developers sought to create a wholesome, family oriented educational and entertainment facility where Christians can come for encouragement and reinforcement of their faith and experience a "total immersion" in the biblical world.

From the moment that guests pass through the gates of the "walled city" of ancient Jerusalem and enter a bustling, authentic 66 CE Jerusalem street market, they embark on a journey that is unequalled anywhere in the world. They are able to see, touch, hear and even taste the fascinating culture of the Holy Land in a world-class, living, biblically based museum.

The Holy Land Experience combines themed costumes, dramatic enactments, special music written exclusively for the project, theatrical events, high-tech, multi-media presentations, and a film--"The Seed of Promise"-- shot on location in Israel. It all comes together to create the wondrous journey from the time of Moses, ca. 1450 BCE, when the Israelites began their 40 year desert sojourn, through Jesus' teachings in the Second Temple, his crucifixion and forward to CE 66.

Page last updated: 01/10/04 06:25 PM.

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The Holy Land Experience is a Living Biblical Museum

The Holy Land Experience is
a Living Biblical Museum