Kingdom of David was a part of the Empire Series of history documentaries for the PBS television network produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting in joint venture with Red Hill Productions of Los Angeles, California.

The documentary chronicles the story of how the Jewish people were able to preserve their culture from being overwhelmed by other more powerful worldly kingdoms. It begins with the Babylonian Exile where the Judean scribes, realizing that they faced the same fate as their ten northern brothers of the extinct Kingdom of Israel, fought to preserve their identity and culture though the written word. From there it describes the struggles that the Jewish people faced against the materialism of the Seleucid Empire to the armed might-makes-right attitude of the Roman Empire. The story culminates with the triumph of individual Jewish sages such as Hillel, Yochanan ben Zakai and Akiva in preserving Jewish tradition that has survived to this day.

ep 1
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=IU6C4QY0
ep2
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=SCBHG32U
ep3
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=FDWCD8JS
ep4
http://www.megavideo.com/?v=JZP6BSMA