The Execution of Jesus _History Channel_

Product Description Delve deep into the origins and enigmas of the scriptures with this groundbreaking program from the acclaimed series MYSTERIES OF THE BIBLE. No death in all of history has had greater impact on mankind than the biblical accound of the death of Jesus Christ. And while his life is cloaked in mystery the details of his death remain even more veiled. Could events have occurred as written in the Bible? Join scholars and archaeologists on a historic inquiry into the last days of Jesus. Follow Him from His Passover entry into the Temple to the Last Supper; from trial to execution and miraculous ressurection. Walk the streets of Jerusalem's Old City in His footsteps and exploer a tomb in a cave near Mount Zion that dramatically alters our understanding of the greatest story ever told. DVD Features: Interactive Menus; Scene Selection Amazon.com The History Channel's The Execution of Jesus takes a level, inquisitive approach to sorting out facts from assumptions about the final, heady days of Christ's life. The program asks a handful of biblical scholars if we should accept as truth events that followed popular Galilee prophet Jesus' provocative entry into Jerusalem, a center of power where he attacked the social order on a number of fronts, declared himself the Messiah, and was subsequently condemned and killed. One of the intriguing questions concerns how much of the gospels--written long after Christ's life--are acts of artistic license. Other historians wonder what it was, exactly, that Christ did to so rile Jerusalem's leaders they engineered his elaborate sufferings and crucifixion. This interesting documentary doesn't shed any new light, but it provides some tantalizing details (the discovery of the possible burial place of Jewish high priest Caiaphas) and alternative views of the Resurrection. --Tom Keogh