Product Details

• Actors: Paula Fredriksen
• Directors: Christopher Salt
• Producers: John Drury
• Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 3
• Studio: Acorn Media
• VHS Release Date: November 11, 1998
• Run Time: 150 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 156938200X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #437,937 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jesus the Rebel, January 19, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Lives of Jesus - Jesus the Rebel [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Video stresses Jesus's desire to reform certain aspects of the Jewish world from within and to consider if not participate in the contemplated uprisings against the dominant Romans. It particularly discusses the noticeable absence of references in canonical scripture to the "Roman" city of Sephoris, built by Herod Antipas(Whom Jesus called "that fox!") Sephoris was located within ten miles or so of the probable site of Nazareth.
Jesus could hardly have ignored the city. Good history on an unusual survey of an interesting aspect of Jesus' life.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Hidden Jesus, January 19, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Lives of Jesus: The Hidden Jesus [VHS] (VHS Tape)

A very helpful video. The only drawback is that the blonde woman commentator is not named or credited. She is the very distinguished Elaine Pagels, author of The Gnostic Gospels, Adam, Eve, and the Serpent, and other outstanding works. This is one of the most helpful videos I have seen on the aspects of Jesus revealed in the Nag Hammadi Library and the Dead Sea Scrolls. These aspects of Jesus are the wave of the future in Christian theology, and they begin to unravel the highly suspect doctrines of canonical scripture, and they present a Jesus who is at the
same time more human and more divine(God-like)in nature.

4.0 out of 5 stars A respectful and historically accurate portrayal, March 29, 2007

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B. McIntyre (Little Chute, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lives of Jesus [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I use this 3-volume set on Jesus in my college-level classes in World Religions. The cinematography, the scholars, the issues discussed, and the historical accuracy of these presentations are excellent. Especially valuable is the emphasis on the political and social setting in which Jesus carried out his ministry. An excellent resource for teachers in both the classroom and church.