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Encyclopedia > Dramatic portrayals of Jesus
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Jesus Christ and Christianity
Christology
Chronology
Ministry
Miracles
Parables
Names and titles
Relics Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Dramatic portrayals of Jesus Christ. ... Image File history File links JesusYeshua. ... Jesus (8–2 BC/BCE to 29–36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ... This page is about the title or the Divine Person. For the Christian figure, see Jesus. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Christology is that part of Christian theology which studies and attempts to define Jesus the Christ. ... The chronology of Jesus depicts the traditional chronology established for the events of the life of Jesus by the four canonical gospels (which allude to various dates for several events). ... According to the Canonical Gospels, the Ministry of Jesus began when Jesus was around 30 years old, and lasted a period of 1-3 years, with the Synoptic Gospels generally being considered to argue for it having been a period of 1 year, and the Gospel of John arguing for... According to the canonical Gospels, Jesus worked many miracles in the course of his ministry. ... The Parables of Jesus are a collection of parables told by Jesus that embody much of his teaching and are recorded in the four Gospels. ... A large variety of names and titles are used in the New Testament to describe Jesus. ... There are many relics attributed to Jesus that people believe or believed to be authentic relics of the Gospel accounts. ...

Non-religious aspects
Background
Historicity
Greek • Aramaic
Race This article — a part of the Jesus and history series of articles — discusses the cultural and historical background of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity, without regard to his divinity, or to his existence as an actual historical figure. ... This article discusses whether Jesus, the central figure of Christianity, actually existed as a historical figure. ... It is often accepted that Aramaic was the mother tongue of Jesus of Nazareth. ... The race of Jesus has been a subject of debate since at least the 19th century. ...

Perspectives on Jesus
New Testament view
Christian views
Religious perspectives
Jewish view
Islamic view of his death
Yuz Asaf
Historical Jesus
Jesus Seminar
Jesus as myth
Criticism
This article presents a description of Jesus life, as based on the four gospels. ... This article presents a description of Jesus as based on the views of Christians. ... Religious perspectives on Jesus is the specific significance some religions place on Jesus. ... Judaisms view of Jesus per se reflects Jewish views of eschatology, the characteristics of the Messiah, the gift of prophecy, and the cosmological nature of God, which are derived from the Torah and Biblical prophecies expressed by Isaiah, Ezekiel, and others from Biblical times through the destruction of Solomon... Main article: Jesus Islam holds Jesus (Arabic: ‎ `Īsā) to have been a messenger and a prophet of God and the Masih. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Yuz Asaf (یوذسف) (or Yus Asaph, or Shahzada Nabi Hazrat Yura Asaf) is believed by Ahmadis to be the name adopted by Jesus after he survived the crucifixion and subsequently migrated to Kashmir. ... Scholars arguing in favor of the existence of Jesus as a historical figure attempt a reconstruction of his life using the historical method. ... The Jesus Seminar is a research team of about two hundred academic New Testament scholars founded in 1985 by the late Robert Funk under the auspices of the Westar Institute. ... This article is part of the Jesus and history series of articles. ... Jesus is the central figure of Christianity. ...

Jesus in culture
Popular culture
Dramatic portrayals
Images
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Dramatic portrayals of Jesus Christ. ... There are no undisputed historical images of Jesus; he sat for no portraits which are preserved and of unquestioned authenticity and undoubted provenance. ...

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Various authors and filmmakers have created dramatic portrayals of Jesus and his life. Jesus (8–2 BC/BCE to 29–36 AD/CE),[1] also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. ...


Many wanted to portray an accurate depiction of what his life is believed to have been like, while others have used the persona of Jesus as a narrative device to make a literary point and develop a story's theme. Because of the devotion of many people to the idea of Jesus, portrayals of him in works of fiction have been, almost without exception, fraught with controversy. Film portrayals of Jesus have, in particular, attracted protests and criticism. Filmmakers and theater managers have even received death threats in the wake of some of the more controversial movies about Jesus. Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ...

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Novels

According to Mary Magdalene is a novel (English language version published 2003) by the Swedish novelist Marianne Fredriksson. ... Marianne Fredriksson (born Gothenburg, March 28, 1927) is a Swedish author. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Behold the Man is a novella by Michael Moorcock, first published in 1966 by New Worlds S.F. It is the story of one Karl Glogauer who travels back in time in a time machine constructed by one Sir James Headington (physicist and wartime inventor) to the year 28 of... Michael John Moorcock (born December 18, 1939) is a prolific British writer of both science fiction and science fantasy. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is a novel by General Lew Wallace which was published on November 12, 1880, by Harper & Brothers. ... Lew Wallace Lewis Lew Wallace (April 10, 1827 – February 15, 1905) was a lawyer, governor, Union general in the American Civil War, American statesman, and author, best remembered for his historical novel Ben-Hur. ... The Big Fisherman is a 1959 film about the life of St. ... Lloyd Cassel Douglas (August 27, 1877 - February 13, 1951) was a noteworthy American minister and author. ... For other uses, see The Brothers Karamazov (disambiguation). ... Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (Russian: Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский, Fëdor Mihajlovič Dostoevskij, sometimes transliterated Dostoyevsky  ) (November 11, 1821 [O.S. October 30] – February 9, 1881 [O.S. January 28]) is considered one of the greatest Russian writers. ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... SSgt. ... Anne Rice. ... James Alonzo Jim Bishop (November 21, 1907—July 26, 1987) was an American journalist. ... Theodore Sturgeon (February 26, 1918 Staten Island, New York – May 8, 1985) was an American science fiction author. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... José Saramago (pron. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Norman Mailer, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948 Norman Kingsley Mailer (born January 31, 1923) is an American novelist, journalist, playwright, screenwriter and film director who, along with Truman Capote and Tom Wolfe, is considered an innovator of creative nonfiction, a genre sometimes called New Journalism. ... Kirill Yeskov (Russian: Кирилл Еськов) is a Russian writer and microbiologist. ... Paul Park (b. ... Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell (September 7, 1900–August 30, 1985) was an Anglo-American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction, also known by the pen names Marcus Holland and Max Reiner, and by her married name of J. Miriam Reback. ... Jess Stearn (April 26, 1914 - March 27, 2002), born in Syracuse NY, was a journalist and author of more than thirty books, nine of which were bestsellers. ... Yerbys Best Novel is a Triumph of Scholarship. ... Frank Garvin Yerby (September 5, 1916 - November 29, 1991) was an African American historical novelist. ... Portrait of Leonid Andreev Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (Russian: , 1871-1919) was a Russian short story writer, who was active between the revolution of 1905 and the Communist revolution which finally overthrew the tsarist government. ... Portrait of Robert Graves (circa 1974) by Rab Shiell Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English scholar, poet, and novelist. ... Portrait of Robert Graves (circa 1974) by Rab Shiell Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English scholar, poet, and novelist. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Christopher Moore (born 1957 in Toledo, Ohio[1]) is an American writer of absurdist fiction. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Last Temptation of Christ, (in Greek O Teleutaios Peirasmos, Ο Τελευταίος Πειρασμός) also published as The Last Temptation, is a novel written by Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1951. ... Nikos Kazantzakis (Νίκος Καζαντζάκης in Greek) (February 18, 1883, Heraklion, Crete, Greece - October 26, 1957, Freiburg, Germany), author of poems, novels, essays, plays, and travel books, was arguably the most important and most translated Greek writer and philosopher of the 20th century. ... The Master and Margarita (Russian: ) is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, woven about the premise of a visit by the Devil to the fervently atheistic Soviet Union. ... Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (Russian: Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков; May 15 [O.S. May 3] 1891, Kiev – March 10, 1940, Moscow) was a Russian novelist and playwright of the first half of the 20th century. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Memnoch the Devil is the fifth novel in Anne Rices Vampire Chronicles series, following The Tale of the Body Thief. ... Anne Rice. ... Sholem Asch (1880 - 1957), also known as Shalom Asch, was a Polish-born American Jewish novelist, dramatist, and essayist in the Yiddish language. ... Only Begotten Daughter is a fantasy novel written by James Morrow, setting the stage for his later Godhead Trilogy. ... James Morrow (born 1947) is an award-winning fiction author. ... Quarantine is a novel by Jim Crace. ... Jim Crace (born March 1, 1946 in Hertfordshire, England) is a contemporary English writer. ... Riverworld is a fictional universe and the setting for a series of science fiction books written by Philip José Farmer. ... Philip José Farmer (born January 26, 1918) is an American author, principally known for his science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. ... The Robe, a 1942 historical novel featuring the Crucifixion, written by Lloyd C. Douglas. ... Lloyd Cassel Douglas (August 27, 1877 - February 13, 1951) was a noteworthy American minister and author. ... Nino Ricci is a Canadian novelist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. ... Urantia Urantia is the name of the planet Earth according to The Urantia Book. ... Dr. William S. Sadler (1875 - 1969) was a psychiatrist and college teacher in the school of medicine at the University of Chicago, and one of the individuals closely associated with the publishing of the Urantia Book and the Urantia movement. ...

Motion pictures

Based on Biblical accounts

Other

Television

Theatre

Audio dramas

See also

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BIGpedia - Jesus - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online (4617 words)
Jesus used a variety of methods in his teaching, such as paradox, metaphor and parable, leaving it unclear how literally he wished to be taken and precisely what he meant.
Jesus also preached the imminent end of the current era of history, in some sense a literal end of the world as people of his time knew it; in this sense he was an apocalyptic preacher bringing a message about the imminent end of the world the Jews knew.
Jesus, is reported to have declared himself to be the long awaited Messiah, but was rejected as an apostate by the people generally considered to be the Jewish authorities.
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Jesus did preach the imminent end of the current era of history, in some sense a literal end of the world as people of his time knew it; in this sense he was an apocalyptic preacher bringing a message about the imminent end of the world the Jews knew.
In the case of Jesus the plaque reads "Iesvs Nazarenvs Rex Ivdaeorvm" (INRI)—"Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews", indicating that Jesus was crucified for the crime of rebelling against the authority of Rome by being declared the "King of the Jews".
Jesus was seen as the savior and bringer of gnosis by various Gnostic sects, such as the extinct Manichaeism.
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