The Book of Jer3miah

The Book of Jer3miah is an American live-action web series created by a group of Brigham Young University students and faculty members.

This series sits on the edge of Mormonism, taking its ideas of eternal progression and individual mission so seriously that the stakes are realized in human terms, with evil as present and potent a reality as God.The first three webisodes premiered in the Varsity Theater on the Brigham Young University campus, as well as online.

[3] On 14 April 2010, the 14th Annual Webby Awards, hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by The New York Times,[4] announced that The Book of Jer3miah was selected as an Official Honoree in the Drama category for Online Film & Video.

[5] Jill Weinberger of the New York Times called it "a tight, suspenseful little series [that] may just have what it takes to get web audiences to utter the words 'Mormon conspiracy thriller' without a touch of irony.

"[6] This article reviewed the series from several angles, including overall success, religious implications, characters, writing, acting, and direction.

She compares it to other web series, noting that it is "a big leap forward in terms of university-sponsored transmedia content, and yet, the online collaboration between fans is so fervent that you don’t have to be anywhere near the campus to be part of the action."

The dramatic translation of those concepts within Jer3miah is cliff-hanging events that turn on genealogical information and on strange visitors invoking the ancient Nephite setting of the Book of Mormon.

Like the embattled hosts within the more epic portions of the Mormon bible, Jeremiah finds himself facing secret combinations of evil.

Greenwood examines the show from a critical and doctrinal standpoint saying that "The Book of Jeremiah shares the realization that verisimilitude in fiction is a means, not an end.

It's the strangely beautiful love child of Lost and Johnny Lingo.Liz Shannon Miller of NewTeeVee published an article, entitled "Rant: Rumors of the Death of Web Series Have Been Greatly Exaggerated".

[9] On February 2, 2009, The Daily Universe ran an article about The Book of Jer3miah, including interviews with series creators Jeff Parkin and Jared Cardon.

[10] On March 6, 2009, The Daily Universe ran another article about The Book of Jer3miah, this time focusing on the ARG aspect of the show and only interviewing participants of the game.