I just bought and finished watching the DVD which last for about 80 minutes. Initially, I was really afraid that this was an old video since the book was published more than 1o years ago. A preview and a check on the back cover assuaged my fears. It was produced 2 years ago and the quality of the wide-screen production was good. It was costly (RM79.90), but I thought it would be a good investment for bible study and an unobtrusive way in introducing Christ Jesus to friends in the comfort of our living room.
As a matter of fact, the DVD contains a lot of scholars whom I really like e.g. Craig Evans, N.T. Wright, Ben Witherington III,Craig Bloomberg, William Lane Craig, J. P. Moreland, etc. Of course, due to its purpose, proponents of an alternative view or views such as Marcus Borg, Dominic Crossan, Jonathan Reed, Elain Pagels and others do not appear in this DVD. This can be contrasted with the Jesus Revealed documentary produced by National Geographic that was aired on Astro during the Easter period. The difference in the scholarly line up is clearly evident.
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I am now thinking of the second DVD I saw at Canaanland, the Case for the Creator. I read some of the participant guide notes and it has removed my fears that it will be a creationist type of production. ;-)
By the way, have you heard of The Christ Files DVD?
Yes, I have heard of The Christ File. I asked a fren to bring a copy back for me from Australia.
Nice but can be kind of boring because it features the host journeying around museum and universities interviewing scholars.
And there is even a mistake on it's subtitle when the video introduce James Charlesworth. The introductory text mentioned that the is from "Princeton University", but he is from "Princeton Theological Seminary" instead.