It’s also been alleged that the book doesn’t confirm the miracles of Jesus or Jesus Christ’s claims to be divine. O’Reilly and Dugard’s book KILLING JESUS has been criticized in some Christian circles because it doesn’t confirm such things as the historicity of Christ’s resurrection or the two thieves that were crucified next to Jesus.
More Detail:īefore reviewing the two-hour movie version of Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard’s bestselling book KILLING JESUS, let’s briefly discuss some of the major criticisms of the book. (Pa, RHRH, FR, CC, BB, VV, S, N, A, M) Light pagan worldview with strong revisionist history of the New Testament Gospels about Jesus Christ, leaving out the miracles of Jesus and focusing on his crucifixion and the empty tomb and his message of love and forgiveness, but leaving out any reference to reports of his resurrection appearances and minimizing the teaching that Jesus claimed to be the Son of the living God, unlike the book on which the movie is based no foul language strong violence when Herod the Great sends soldiers to murder newborn boys, when Jesus is whipped, when a crown of thorns is placed on His head, when Jesus is hit, when Jesus is crucified, when an image of John the Baptist’s decapitated head is shown incestuous implications Herod Antipas licks his daughter’s knee while she dances suggestively so she can get her father to kill John the Baptist, who slams Antipas for marrying his brother’s wife upper male nudity from time to time light alcohol use no smoking or drugs and, betrayal, persecution, illegal trial, oppression but rebuked. The KILLING JESUS movie is well shot and acted, but not as compelling as the book, and certainly not as compelling as the New Testament Gospels.
Also, Jesus is full of doubt at the beginning, unlike the book. Unlike the book, the movie’s Jesus performs no miracles and only starts proclaiming Himself the Son of God after Peter tells Jesus that’s who Jesus is. Like the book, KILLING JESUS shows Jesus Christ’s tomb was found empty but it doesn’t describe the resurrection appearances of Jesus. Eventually, with Peter’s help, Jesus proclaims Himself the Son of the living God, which leads to His crucifixion. When Jesus meets John the Baptist, Jesus seems full of doubt. It leaves a lot of important things out from the book as it focuses on the political machinations of the Roman and Jewish authorities as they oppose John the Baptist and Jesus.
The movie is not a faithful adaptation of the book. KILLING JESUS, the bestselling book by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, gets a movie treatment in a filmed version being telecast on the National Geographic Channel.