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Old 11-28-2005, 12:41 PM   #1
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Default In the Footsteps of Jesus

Any wolves feeling hungry?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/progra...sus/footsteps/

Have a listen and respond. Auntie Beeb is being wondrously schizophrenic with Attenborough and this!



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Edward Stourton embarks on a journey in the footsteps of Jesus, bringing to life the world in which He lived.

There has never been a greater public demand for information about Jesus, the real man. Mel Gibson's The Passion and Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code have both tapped into this desire to learn more about the man who is at the centre of the world's largest religion.

For one third of the world's population, Jesus is the son of God, while a quarter views Him as a prophet and many others revere Him as a great teacher. But in this series Edward will also trace how the idea of Jesus and our understanding of Him has changed through the centuries; from Jesus, to Christ, to Emperor and finally to Guru
They actually interview the Jesus Seminar, have loads of "historians" (one of whom is a Bishop and I think called himself a historical theologian) who poo poo the Jesus myth idea without actually asking about the comparisons with Arthur and Superman or stating anything about the mythical idea.

Interesting Jewish commentators interviewed who also assume the party line!
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