From Jesus to Christ : the first Christians /
Explores the life of Jesus and the movement he started, challenging familiar assumptions and conventional notions about the origins of Christianity. Drawing upon new and sometimes controversial historical evidence and interviews with the nation's leading New Testament scholars, the series tran...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned. |
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©1998
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| Series: | History's best on PBS.
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| Summary: | Explores the life of Jesus and the movement he started, challenging familiar assumptions and conventional notions about the origins of Christianity. Drawing upon new and sometimes controversial historical evidence and interviews with the nation's leading New Testament scholars, the series transports the viewer back 2000 years to the time and place where Jesus once lived and preached. Traces Jesus' life, focusing on the events that occurred after he died and on his first followers, the men and women whose belief, conviction, and martyrdom created a major movement that transformed the Roman Empire in the space of only 300 years. |
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| Item Description: | Originally broadcast on PBS as a segment of: Frontline. Presented in widescreen format. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 4 videocassettes (approximately 60 min. each) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS; stereo. |
| Production Credits: | Principal photographers, David South, Thomas Hurwitz ; co-producer and editor, Peter Rhodes ; music composer, Paul Foss. |