The Real Jesus of Nazareth

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Biography, Travel Documentary hosted by Robert Powell and Judd Hirsch, published by Smithsonian Channel in 2017 - English narration

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Follow actor Robert Powell on a journey across the Holy Land as he explores the life of the religious icon whose role he nailed 40 years ago. Robert Powell portrayed Jesus Christ in the Emmy-nominated 1977 miniseries "Jesus of Nazareth" and now, decades later, he takes a journey through modern Israel in an attempt to reconstruct the story of the man who changed history. Guided by the Gospels and the latest archaeological and historical research, Powell travels to Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt. While there, he meets archaeologists and scholars who help him on his quest to learn more about Jesus. This limited series intersperses footage from the miniseries with Powell's current-day excursion to illustrate how the Holy Land has changed over the course of 40 years as the actor seeks clues to the real historical figure who inspired Christianity. More than just a tale of history and archeology, Robert will be using his unique gifts as an actor to build a picture of the character of Jesus, speculating on this remarkable figure, while always being guided with the most rigorous contemporary academic research. With the help of scholars and theologians, he will examine Jesus' s lost adolescent years, the start and growth of his ministry, and his death and believed resurrection, which would spark the birth of one of the largest religions on the planet. Series Producer/Director Nigel Levy ; Produced by Impossible Factual Ltd. for Smithsonian Networks

[edit] The Lost Years

Enter the Holy Land as we examine what Jesus's life may have been like during the undocumented years of his young life.
THE LOST YEARS explores Jesus' early years around Nazareth and Bethlehem, most of which are not covered in the Bible. As he journeys through the Holy Land, Powell catches references to the young Jesus – from his famous birth, to the 12-year-old child debating scripture in the temple in Jerusalem, to his mysterious lost years, where he disappears from history before reappearing in the gospels around the age of 30. Powell walks where Jesus conceivably walked and travels to Nazareth, Bethlehem, Sepphoris and Jerusalem, consulting with leading historians, archaeologists and theologians to uncover what life was like as a Jew in first-century Judea.

[edit] The Ministry Begins

Follow us to Mount Precipice, the River Jordan, and Jerusalem as we investigate the start of Jesus's ministry. Learn how he built a following with his words, charisma, and miracles and developed his radical message of the coming apocalypse.
THE MINISTRY BEGINS highlights Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist, the first event in Jesus' life that is reported in all four gospels. Powell looks to uncover how Jesus might have developed the message – radical for its time – that would form the basis of the future Christian religion. Powell travels into the Judaean desert where Jesus fasted for 40 days, and then follows the ancient routes to Galilee where Jesus taught after his exile from Nazareth.

[edit] From Galilee to Jerusalem

Discover the history beyond the legend as we reveal how Jesus built his ministry and the great danger that came with it.
In the third hour in the series, FROM GALILEE TO JERUSALEM, Powell travels to Capernaum, a fishing village where Jesus expanded his ministry, where he learns more from historians about the people who chose to follow Jesus, including his disciples. He then goes to the Mount of Beatitudes where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount, the cornerstone of Christian ethics. Powell follows in Jesus' footsteps to Jerusalem, where after speaking with historians, rabbis and archaeologists, he uncovers a radical new idea about Jesus' final confrontation with the Jewish authorities before his arrest.

[edit] The Final Days

Join us as we examine Jesus's final days, using Christian tradition and archaeology to separate the man from the myth.
The fourth installment, THE FINAL DAYS, chronicles the last moments of Jesus' life, following his entry into Jerusalem for the Jewish festival of Passover. Powell learns that Jesus' claim to be the messiah was what caused him to be sent before Pontius Pilate, and Powell gets a chance to stand on the exact steps from where Pilate would have sent Jesus to be crucified. After meeting with professors to demonstrate how different the reality of crucifixion would have been from the traditional depictions, Powell returns to Jerusalem one final time to explore a traditional tomb and discover how the apostles' belief in the resurrection of Jesus — as described in all four gospels — would become be the catalyst for a new religion: Christianity.

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Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4
Video Bitrate: 3 412 Kbps
Video Resolution: 1920x1080
Display Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Frames Per Second: 29.970 fps
Audio Codec: E-AC3
Audio Bitrate: 224 kb/s CBR 48000 Hz
Audio Streams: 2
Audio Languages: english
RunTime Per Part: 51 min
Number Of Parts: 4
Part Size: 1.29 GB
Source: WEB DL (Thanks to DAWN)
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