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The Christ Files: A Search for the Real Jesus (DVD)

John Dickson (Presenter)

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Format: DVD
Length: 2h 30m
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN#: 9780310328681

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Description: Four Sessions

An accessible explanation of-and answers to-the hot issues about the historical reliability of Jesus.

Who was Jesus—really? Has the real Jesus been so buried by tradition and legend that he is now lost to people living in the 21st century? Historian Dr. John Dickson sets out to discover what we can know for certain about the life of one of history’s best known and most influential figures. In a captivating journey across the globe, John Dickson examines ancient documents and consults the world’s most respected historians and scholars. Beginning with the Gnostic Gospels, he crisscrosses continents on a search back through time for the historical sources that reveal the real Jesus—a search for the Christ Files. Filmed in seven countries the documentary reveals the earliest and most important manuscript evidence for Jesus of Nazareth, including the writings of Josephus, Tacitus, the apostle Paul and the controversial Gnostic Gospels. Neither a work of fanciful skepticism nor of Christian propaganda The Christ Files provides viewers with a front row seat to the facts behind Western civilization most influential story. Interviews with twelve of the most prominent scholars and historians and access to some of Israel’s most important archaeological sites give this documentary a unique authority.

  • Session One – GNOSTICS AND ROMANS: How the ancient world viewed Jesus of Nazareth
  • Session Two – JEWS AND CHRISTIANS: Jesus according to his own people
  • Session Three – LOST SOURCES AND ORAL TRADITIONS: 1st century’s most reliable sources about Jesus
  • Session Four – ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND ARTEFACTS

Piecing together the world of Jesus Includes a one-hour documentary version and over six hours of extended interviews with the world’s leading scholars and historians: Richard Bauckham, Markus Bockmuehl, James Charlesworth, James D. G. Dunn, Sean Freyne, Martin Hengel, Alanna Nobbs, Adolpho Roitman, Peter Stuhlmacher, Christopher Tuckett, Geza Vermes, and N. T. Wright.

"Want to know what is being said about the evidence for Jesus around the world? The Christ Files offers a wealth of knowledge of the key issues and interviews with key scholars answering key controversial questions about Jesus: Gnostics, the first century Judaism of Jesus, how oral tradition operated in the background, and archaeology. John Dickson is a skilled guide. These “files” are loaded with information that is fascinating and accessible. Open the drawer and enjoy."
— Darrell L. Bock, Author, Jesus according to Scripture

"In a world of many books about the historical Jesus, there are very few which summarize the historical evidence, Greco-Roman, Jewish, and Christian, as well and as succinctly as John Dickson does in The Christ Files. The accompanying DVD is also a first rate resource for introducing almost anyone to the discussion about the Jesus of history and the Christ of faith. In an increasingly less Christian world, here is some first rate historical detective work that provides effective presentation without apologizing for the NT evidence. Highly recommended."
— Ben Witherington III, Professor, Amos Professor of NT for Doctoral Studies, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, KY

"This attractive book is concerned not so much to tell us what can be known about the life of Jesus as rather to help people who want to know how to evaluate by strictly historical methods the conclusions set forth by contemporary writers who present bizarre reconstructions of him and to see how professional ancient historians give us a firm basis for accepting the New Testament documents as reliable sources for what he did and taught. This is a sober, well-informed guide based on sound scholarship."
— Howard Marshall, Professor, Emeritus Professor of New Testament, University of Aberdeen

About the Author
John Dickson (PhD, Macquarie University, Sydney) is a senior research fellow of the Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University; co-director of the Centre for Public Christianity; and senior minister at St. Andrew’s Roseville.
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