"Taking the High Ground"
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Ultimately, WHO IS THIS JESUS? comes down clearly on the side of traditional orthodox Christian theology, but it does so after examining the evidence. It even fairly points out the context for the other points of view. The program is carefully made, using Jewish scholar Amy-Jill Levine to lambaste the Jesus Seminar for being anti-Semitic. It also looks at the Bible as a reliable historical text compared to other texts of antiquity and revisits sites in the Holy Land where scholars think Jesus walked and taught, and was crucified. WHO IS THIS JESUS? was produced by Coral Ridge Media, who went to great effort to present this balanced case for the historical Jesus. If you can’t catch it at Easter, order a copy. It is must viewing
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(CCC) Christian worldview regarding the research on the historical Jesus.
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WHO IS THIS JESUS? aired on network TV stations last Christmas and has been reconfigured to air at Easter throughout the United States as WHO IS THIS JESUS: IS HE RISEN? It is a remarkably balanced account of the historical, theological and archeological evidence concerning the person of Jesus Christ. It presents scholars on both sides of the equation, including skeptic Helmut Koester of Harvard Divinity School, Jewish scholar Amy-Jill Levine of Vanderbilt, anti-fundamentalist John Dominick Crossan, co-founder of the Jesus Seminar, conservative scholar Bruce Metzger of Princeton Theological Seminary, and conservative history professors Edwin Yamauchi of Miami University in Ohio and Paul Maier of Western Michigan University.
In fact, this video is so balanced that it got a rave review from Richard Ostling, the religion writer for the Associated Press. Ostling points out that this program follows a 1998 PBS documentary FROM JESUS TO CHRIST, that was notable for including “not one conservative scholarly voice,” and an ABC News special “that was only a bit more balanced, with five liberal talking heads vs. one moderate and one conservative.”
Ultimately, WHO IS THIS JESUS? comes down clearly on the side of traditional orthodox Christian theology, but it does so after examining the evidence. As Ostling notes, it even fairly points out the context for the liberal points of view, such as the deconstructionist bias of the Jesus Seminar.
The program is carefully made, using Jewish scholar Amy-Jill Levine to lambaste the Jesus Seminar for being anti-Semitic, a point that MOVIEGUIDE® has made several times, since the Jesus Seminar is in the tradition of German higher criticism, whose sole purpose was to purge Judaism from Christianity, which, by the way, is rather hard to do since Jesus was Jewish.
The program also looks at the Bible as a reliable historical text compared to other texts of antiquity. It also revisits sites in the Holy Land where scholars think Jesus walked and taught, and was crucified, according to the Bible and according to ancient Roman and Jewish historians. Viewers see the most ancient texts of the Bible and examine the discussions of their authenticity. Finally, the program examines the evidence for the physical resurrection of Jesus, the foundation for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
WHO IS THIS JESUS? was produced by Coral Ridge Media, who spent a considerable sum and went to great effort to present this balanced case for the historical Jesus. If you can’t catch it at Easter, order a copy. It is must viewing!
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