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Toto · 04-06-2011, 11:31 AM

Who Killed Jesus? Just in time for Easter, award winning documentary maker Bryan Bruce takes on the ultimate cold case - Who Killed Jesus? And Why?

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For true crime investigator Bryan Bruce the death of Jesus of Nazareth is the ultimate cold case. .... His conclusion is that the Gospels’ account of the arrest, trial and execution of Jesus is so flawed that the traditional Easter story in which the Jews set Jesus up to be executed by the Romans simply does not make any sense. He argues that it is based on a lie told in the first century by Christian writers and copyists trying to spin-doctor their new religion to appeal to the Romans. In the process they laundered the character of Pilate and darkened the character of the Jews.

trailer on youtube

The 90 Minute film interviews some of the world's leading historical Jesus scholars including:

Prof. Geza Vermes
Bishop John Shelby Spong
Prof. John Dominic Crossan
Sir Lloyd Geering
Prof. Elaine Pagels
Dr Helen Bond

Archaeologists interviewed include:

Prof Israel Herschkovitz (Tel Aviv)
Dr Shimon Gibson (Jerusalem)

Pay-per-stream goes live April 22 at www.jesusthecoldcase.tv

The book was published in New Zealand and will be issued in Poland. It is not available on Amazon in the US, but you can always read Crossan's Who Killed Jesus?: Exposing the Roots of Anti-Semitism in the Gospel Story of the Death of Jesus (or via: amazon.co.uk)

Godless Raven · 04-06-2011, 11:43 AM

I'll be counting the days until the 22nd. This sounds awesome. Thanks for the info!

Toto · 07-19-2011, 08:49 AM

On TV in NZ

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This Sunday, 24 July 2011, at 8:30pm, Bryan Bruce will try to find out who killed Jesus, in a television documentary to be screened on New Zealand’s TV1. The documentary is one in an ongoing series in which Bruce examines old unsolved murders, and attempts to solve them … but with the twist that, here, the cadaver is 2000 years old. The documentary is based on his book Jesus: The Cold Case (Random House, 2010), which attempts to find out who arranged for the death of Jesus and why.

mountainman · 07-19-2011, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Toto

On TV in NZ

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This Sunday, 24 July 2011, at 8:30pm, Bryan Bruce will try to find out who killed Jesus, in a television documentary to be screened on New Zealand’s TV1. The documentary is one in an ongoing series in which Bruce examines old unsolved murders, and attempts to solve them … but with the twist that, here, the cadaver is 2000 years old. The documentary is based on his book Jesus: The Cold Case (Random House, 2010), which attempts to find out who arranged for the death of Jesus and why.

Was the tomb occupied? What 2000 year old cadaver? Isn't the story that the cadaver ascended through the clouds above Jerusalem? The gPeter has it that the cadaver's head reached above the heavens, and it was lead away by two giant figures who's heads reached to the heavens, while the cross ambled along after the Trinity of Heaven Heads, talking to god. What's the editor passing off as evidence? Where is the cadaver? Is this a Keystone Cops crime mystery? Sherlock's out to lunch.

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04-06-2011, 11:43 AM	#2
Godless Raven Contributor Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cun City, Vulgaria Posts: 10,293	I'll be counting the days until the 22nd. This sounds awesome. Thanks for the info!

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