- Title: Jesus Before Christ
- Date: 22nd September 1992
- Summary: NOVEL BIOGRAPHER A N WILSON WRESTLES WITH THE PUZZLING STORIES OF JESUS IN THE G OSPELS IN AN EFFORT TO DISCOVER THE REAL JESUS OF HISTORY. WHO DID JESUS THINK H E WAS? WAS HE THE AUTHOR OF THE SAYINGS ATTRIBUTED TO HIM? WHY, ABOVE ALL, WAS A GALILEAN PREACHER AND HEALER CRUCIFIED ON A ROMAN CROSS? WILSON TRIES TO STRIP AWAY THEOLOGICAL HISTORY TO FIND JESUS THE JEW, A DEVOUT HOLY MAN, NOT BORN OF A VIRGIN, NOR RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD, BUT COMMITTED TO THE POOR, THE SICK, THE SINNERS. WILSON DISCUSSES HIS IDEAS WITH THE WORLD'S TOP MOST NEW TESTAMENT HISTORIANS AND WHAT EMERGES IS THE PICTURE OF A PROPHET WHO BELIEVED THE KINGDOM OF GOD WOULD COME IN HIS OWN LIFETIME.
- Description:A N Wilson re-traces the life of Christ and brings both the latest historical and archaeological evidence to bear and also presents his thesis of the way in which St Paul,rather than Christ himself,"invented" Christianity.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:THAMES TELEVISION LTD
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:22/09/1992
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s