From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians

From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians challenges with new and controversial historical evidence the familiar assumptions about the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity. Anchored by the testimony of New Testament theologians, archaeologists and historians who serve as both critics and storytellers, this film focuses on Jesus' first followers, the men and women whose beliefs, convictions, and martyrdom created a major movement that transformed the Roman Empire in the space of only three hundred years. It is not a story of a golden age of consensus, but a story of people in conflict - wrestling with Judaism, confronting the authority of the Empire and struggling among themselves to understand Jesus' message about the coming of God.