Adult Education

Beginning Sunday, March 4th at 10:20AM

From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians

Portrait of Jesus from the catacombs. This four-part PBS (Frontline) documentary
tells the epic story of the rise of Christianity.
The four hours explore the life and death of
Jesus, and the men and women whose belief,
conviction, and martyrdom created the religion
we now know as Christianity.

Drawing upon historical evidence, the series
challenges familiar assumptions and
conventional notions about Christian origins.
Archaeological finds have yielded new
understandings of Jesus’ class and social status;
fresh interpretations have transformed earlier
ideas about the identity of the early Christians and their
communities.
Through engaging on-camera interviews with twelve scholars–
New Testament theologians, archaeologists, and historians–the
series presents their contributions to this intellectual revolution. For
example they talk about the quest for the historical Jesus – what can
we really know? And how do we know it?

The scholars together represent a range of viewpoints and diversity
of faiths and a shared commitment to bring new ways of thinking
about Christianity to a public audience. They discuss the value in
a historical approach to Jesus and the Bible and whether Christian
faith can be reconciled with such an approach.

Learn more at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/
religion/