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About this episode

The episode discusses insights from the documentary 'Rome: Empire Without Limit' and the historical implications of Jesus' actions and trial.

Recently I watched the very interesting 2016 documentary entitled “Rome: Empire Without Limit with Mary Beard”. Ms. Beard, a very readable British scholar, functioned as host and narrator. Regarding Christ, Ms. Beard said, “one Jewish Rabbi had developed new ideas. His name was Jesus. The Sayings of Jesus, as they were called, were only written down later. But it’s clear enough that for the Jews he was preaching blasphemy. And at the beginning at least, for the Romans he was just another troublemaker. However exactly the story went, he was arrested, put to trial, and sentenced to death Roman-style, by crucifixion. The Romans must have thought “problem solved”, but it was only the start.

People in this episode

Host: Fr. Lawrence R. Farley

Topics covered

• Jesus
• blasphemy
• Roman crucifixion
• historical context
• documentary analysis

Keywords

• Mary Beard
• Jesus
• blasphemy
• crucifixion
• documentary
• history
• Rome

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rome: Empire Without Limit

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