Even if you’re not a devout Christian or a believer in Jesus, you can still watch Season 1 of Jesus of Nazareth (1977) to gain insight into the legends surrounding him. This British-Italian film ...

. Billed as the "40th Anniversary Edition" (in truth, a year earlier; it premiered in March 1977), the 371-minute production is an endurance test for viewers, if nothing else. The "all-star" cast ...

Read up on the latest Jesus of Nazareth News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. A historical drama captures the profound and transformative journey of a Nazarene carpenter who rises to ...

Forty years after the 1977 miniseries Jesus of Nazareth premiered, the Smithsonian Channel has greenlit The Real Jesus Of Nazareth, a four-part series which will debut sometime next year. The show ...

THE MINISERIES was the must-see phenomena of the ’70s. Stories unfolded nightly like the groundbreaking “Roots” or weekly like “Rich Man, Poor Man.” If you missed an installment in the days before ...

The Smithsonian Channel has set the premiere date for the four-part docuseries “The Real Jesus of Nazareth.” The series, hosted by Robert Powell, who played the biblical figure in the 1977 miniseries ...

When the miniseries "Jesus of Nazareth" first aired in 1977, about 90 million U.S. TV viewers tuned in. It's easy to see why, as Franco Zeffirelli's lavish production hits Blu-ray (Shout! Factory, $25 ...

In the four decades since it made its debut on Palm Sunday and Easter of 1977, I’ve watched Franco Zeffirelli’s Jesus of Nazareth in bits and pieces far more often than I’ve watched the whole thing.

Both Catholics and Protestants believe in the virgin birth, but Protestants believe that Jesus had brothers — that is, younger siblings born in the usual way — whereas Catholics tend to believe that ...

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The series, hosted by Robert Powell, who played the biblical figure in the 1977 miniseries “Jesus of Nazareth,” will premiere on Easter Sunday, April 16 at 8 p.m. The premiere is timed to the 40th ...