| Notes | A mad tyrant Herod, a turbulent and restless people under Roman occupation, mass executions - all are under the shadow of the greatest astronomical event in 800 years, at a time when astrology was the cutting edge of political science. Here is a program that sheds new light on the events and circumstances surrounding the birth of Jesus. This is no nativity play treatment, but an attempt to set it in the real political and social context of the time.
The program is presented in a news format as if the events surrounding Christ's birth were happening now. On-the-scene correspondents and political analysts report on the world into which the Prince of Peace was born.
Segments include:
- 1. A new star appears, Herod's repressive regime, rebels in Galilee, Roman census
- 2. A mysterious star, unexpected visitors from the East, Jewish hopes for a saviour-king, two Nazareth women with unexplained pregnancies
- 3. Eastern visitors reveal they are looking for a new King, Herod's police state, a Galilean tax revolt, the virgin mother from Nazareth arrives in Bethlehem
- 4.the star hovers over Bethlehem, Herod fears a new king, shepherds report encounters with divine beings, reaction from Rome, scholars consult ancient prophecies
- 5. Eastern visitors arrive in Bethlehem, background of Mary and Joseph, what is the future for this baby?, Herod raids Bethlehem
- 6.refugees of the massacre in Bethlehem flee to Egypt, Eastern delegation departs, reaction from Rome
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