From Jesus to Christ - The First Christians

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Rational,calm and civilised presentation
Four hours of an overview of the life and times of Jesus--the real Jesus as opposed to the ridiculous figure invented by the church.

4 hours of scholarly interviews and narrative
I think this is great scholarly work because it gives historical facts, archaeology and is separate from religious/sectarian opinion. It challenges modern religions as much as it strengthens it.

Another Amazon item not available!
I ordered this title on 2 April 2006 (I am writing on 2 July 2006, New Zealand time)and have yet to receive it. What I have received are regular emails telling me that there is a problem filling my order. Yet, when I looked up this title this morning, the information page still says "usually available within 1-3 weeks." After waiting three months, this is obviously not so. Other potential buyers be warned. A pity: I watched this programme on television and thought it was informative.

A condescending treatment of Christianity
The main problem with this documentary is that it begins with the premise that Christ was not the Son of God. As a result, the series dismisses the New Testament as a source and then comes up with lots of alternative explanations for why Christianity developed. If you are a skeptic about Christianity, then this documentary may be for you, but if you are a Christian, this documentary will tell you very little about early Christianity and will take lots of cheap shots at your faith.

Watch it several times
I can't say enough about this program. I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn the basics of the early church. I saw this program on television when it first aired, which also happened to be the same time I was going through RCIA. Since I am much better at learning things visually, I found this to be a great help to me as I learned about The Church. The historical background to the Jesus movement is fascinating. I also have found myself watching this program twice a year, at Christmas and again at Easter. Every time I watch it I take another nugget of information that I had forgotten. And unlike Jesus: The complete story, different sides of theological ideas are discussed without a conclusion being made for you. The only thing I didn't like (and maybe it's just because I've seen the program about a dozen times) was the haunting period music. But it obviously fits the program.