However in 1990 the film was re-broadcast on NBC in three installments of two and three hour episodes. So, even though that was a repeat, it is considered the 'official version' and the longest cut shown on TV in the U.S.to my knowledge. The Judas/Zerah scene and the begining of the Last Supper was not shown in 1977, but was part of the official version shown in 1979, and was shown each time since on NBC and on home video. That's when the film was broken up into four parts two-hour installments each with different set of opening and closing credits as well as recaps and teasers per episode. When the film proved to be a blockbuster in the ratings, the network allowed the filmmakers to complete their initial vision by adding several scenes back in for its 1979 re-run.

Several scenes were cut for the first airing. Here I have sought to interpret, in dialogue with exegetes of the past and of the present, what Matthew and Luke recount at the beginning of their Gospels about the infancy of Jesus.'Jesus of Nazareth' Alternate Versions Lengths and History 'Jesus of Nazareth' originally aired on NBC in the United States in 1977.The mini-series ran on NBC as 'The Big Event' in two three-hour installments with limited commercials on Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday. 'I can at last consign to the reader the long promised little book on the narratives of Jesus' childhood. Ultimately, Jesus' life and message is a story for today, one that speaks to the restlessness of the human heart searching for the sole truth which alone leads to profound joy. This is a story of longing and seeking, as demonstrated by the Magi searching for the redemption offered by the birth of a new king. The root of these stories is the experience of hope found in the birth of Jesus and the affirmations of surrender and service embodied in his parents, Joseph and Mary. Now, the Pope focuses exclusively on the Gospel accounts of Jesus' life as a child. The momentous third and final volume in the Pope's international bestselling Jesus of Nazareth series details the stories of Jesus' infancy and boyhood, and how they are relevant today in the modern world.Īs the Pope wrote in volume two of this series, he attempts to 'develop a way of observing and listening to the Jesus of the Gospels that can indeed lead to the personal encounter and that, through collective listening with Jesus' disciples across the ages, can indeed attain sure knowledge of the real historical figure of Jesus.'

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