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From Jesus to Christ : the first Christians / a Frontline coproduction with InVision Productions, Ltd. ; WGBH Boston ; WTVS Detroit ; WPBT Miami ; WNET New York, and KCTS Seattle ; written and produced by Marilyn Mellowes ; senior producer and director, William Cran.

[United States] : PBS Home Video, [2004]

1 videodisc (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

DVD video 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

laser optical NTSC

video file DVD video Region 1

Explore 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 two thousand years to the time and place where Jesus once lived and preached.

Canadian rating: G.

Frontline

Frontline.

Jesus Christ -- Biography.

Church history.

Films for hard of hearing people

Television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Cran, William.

Mellowes, Marilyn H.

Lyman, Will, 1948-

South, David.

Hurwitz, Tom.

Foss, Paul.

InVision Productions.

WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)

WTVS-TV (Television station : Detroit, Mich.)

WPBT-TV (Television station : Miami, Fla.)

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

KCTS (Television station : Seattle, Wash.)

PBS Home Video.

First Christians

Frontline (Television program)

Originally broadcast in 1998 on the television program Frontline.

Principal photography, David South, Thomas Hurwitz ; music, Paul Foss.

Narrator, Will Lyman.

DVD, region 1, NTSC, full screen presentation; Dolby surround stereo.

PBS Home Video Plus! Includes limited public performance rights. Permits the right to: (1) use this video in front of any public or private group providing no admission is charged for viewing; and (2) distribute this video via closed circuit cable, ITFS, or other distribution system within a single building or among the buildings on a single campus. NOT INCLUDED: in this license are the rights to broadcast this video to the general public by any means, including, without limitation, the rights to: (1) distribute this video on an education access channel that can be viewed by the general public; (2) distribute beyond a single building or campus; or (3) duplicate this video.

Closed-captioned.

Closed-captioned.

Part I. Introduction ; Who was Jesus? ; The Roman Empire and King Herod ; Jesus' social class ; Jesus and Judaism ; The Dead Sea Scrolls ; John the Baptist ; Jesus the preacher ; Pontius Pilate ; The passion of Jesus -- part II. The Apostle Paul ; The first followers ; The spread of Christianity ; Jews and Gentiles ; Peter & Paul ; Building the church ; The first revolt -- part III. The Rock of Masada & rabbis ; The Gospel according to Mark ; The Gospel according to Matthew ; The Gospel according to Luke ; The Gospel according to John -- part IV. Paganism and ancient Rome ; Discovery at Nag Hammadi ; Pliny the Younger ; Crime to be a Christian ; Bishop Irenaeus & the canonical gospels ; The rule of Emperor Decius ; The cross -- symbol of triumph.

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