Jesus of Hollywood

Since the advent of the cinema Jesus has frequently appeared in our movie houses and on our television screens. Indeed it may well be that more people worldwide know about Jesus and his life story from the movies than from any other medium. Indeed Jesus' story has been adapted dozens of times throughout the history of commercial cinema from the 1912 silent From the Manger to the Cross to Mel Gibson's 2004 The Passion of the Christ. No doubt there are more to come.