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''In Search of Historic Jesus'' is a 1979 American
documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...
based on Lee Roddy and Charles E. Sellier Jr.'s book of the same name. Released by
Sunn Classic Pictures Sunn Classic Pictures, also known as Sunn International Pictures, Schick Sunn Classic Pictures, and Taft International Pictures was an independent U.S.-based film distributor, founded in 1971. The company was notable for family films and document ...
, the film speculates on the
historical accuracy Historicity is the historical actuality of persons and events, meaning the quality of being part of history instead of being a historical myth, legend, or fiction. The historicity of a claim about the past is its factual status. Historicity denot ...
of the biblical depiction of
Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...
.


Production notes

''In Search of Historic Jesus'' was produced by
Sunn Classic Pictures Sunn Classic Pictures, also known as Sunn International Pictures, Schick Sunn Classic Pictures, and Taft International Pictures was an independent U.S.-based film distributor, founded in 1971. The company was notable for family films and document ...
, a
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-based
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company that specialized in releasing
low-budget A low-budget film or low-budget movie is a motion picture shot with little to no funding from a major film studio or private investor. Many independent films are made on low budgets, but films made on the mainstream circuit with inexperienced or ...
family films and documentaries. Along with such features as ''
In Search of Noah's Ark ''In Search of Noah's Ark'' is a 1976 American documentary film based on David W. Balsiger and Charles E. Sellier Jr.'s book of the same name. Released by Sunn Classic Pictures, it explores the alleged final resting place of Noah's Ark. Productio ...
'' (1976) and ''
Beyond and Back ''Beyond and Back'' is a 1978 documentary and "death-sploitation flick"''Beyond and ...
'' (1978), the film was one of a series of releases from the company that attempted to present convincing scientific evidence for
Christian theology Christian theology is the theology of Christianity, Christian belief and practice. Such study concentrates primarily upon the texts of the Old Testament and of the New Testament, as well as on Christian tradition. Christian theology, theologian ...
. Parts of the film were shot in Heber, Provo, and
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in Utah.


Reception

Although ''In Search of Historic Jesus'' was a massive commercial success, the picture met with some negative critical reviews. According to movie historian
Leonard Maltin Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic and film historian, as well as an author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives. He is perhaps best known for his book of fil ...
, who declared the film a "BOMB" (his lowest possible rating), "This drivel should have been titled ''In Search of Morons Who Will Believe Anything''." Produced on a low budget, the movie earned over $22.4 million at the North American box office and was the 34th highest-grossing film of 1979.


See also

*
Historical Jesus The term "historical Jesus" refers to the reconstruction of the life and teachings of Jesus by critical historical methods, in contrast to religious interpretations. It also considers the historical and cultural contexts in which Jesus lived. ...
*
Historicity of Jesus The question of the historicity of Jesus is part of the study of the historical Jesus as undertaken in the quest for the historical Jesus and the scholarly reconstructions of the life of Jesus. Virtually all scholars of antiquity accept that Je ...
**
Sources for the historicity of Jesus Source may refer to: Research * Historical document * Historical source * Source (intelligence) or sub source, typically a confidential provider of non open-source intelligence * Source (journalism), a person, publication, publishing institute o ...
*
Historicity of the Bible The historicity of the Bible is the question of the Bible's relationship to history—covering not just the Bible's acceptability as history but also the ability to understand the literary forms of biblical narrative. One can extend biblical hist ...


References


External links

* * * * {{IMDb name, 0186255, Brad Crandall * Watch ''In Search of Historic Jesus'' at the Internet Archive Films shot in Utah 1979 documentary films 1979 films Taft Entertainment Pictures films 1970s English-language films Films directed by Henning Schellerup