Past Programs
Christianity - 2005
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The Blue-Eyed Jesus
25/12/2005
How did a particular image of Jesus, with sandy brown hair and blue eyes, become the most popular Christian icon in the modern West?
Fragments of Antiquity
18/12/2005
Dead Sea Scrolls scholar Stephen Llewelyn discusses the Bar Kochba Revolt and its consequences for Jews and Christians.
Captain Cook's Holy Man, Tupa'ia
20/11/2005
When Captain James Cook left Tahiti in 1769 to explore the Polynesian islands and Batavia, he enlisted Chief Priest Tupa'ia as his navigator.
Demonic Possession
13/11/2005
Demonic possession is recorded in the Gospels and remains a strong theme in Christian history.
The Angel of Mons
06/11/2005
The Angel of Mons is said to have appeared in the battle at Mons, Belgium, in 1914. British scholar of the supernatural, David Clarke investigates.
Secret House Rituals
16/10/2005
Ian Evans has discovered a secret practice of the 18th and 19th centuries in Australia & the UK to protect the home and its inhabitants from evil forces.
Celts: Ancient or Modern?
02/10/2005
What has become of the Celtic peoples whose culture spanned Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea?
Blood and Fire, Salvos in Australia
18/09/2005
The Salvation Army started in Australia 125 years ago when two men held a meeting in Adelaide's Botanic Park.
Brother Roger of Taize: The Impossible Dream
11/09/2005
Brother Roger founded the Taize community in France in 1940 to bring together Protestant, Catholic and Greek Orthodox Christians.
The Sexy Epic of Gilgamesh
04/09/2005
Some 4750 years old, the epic of Gilgamesh has long interested Biblical scholars because of its version of the Flood story.
The Blue-Eyed Jesus
07/08/2005
How did a particular image of Jesus, with sandy brown hair and blue eyes, become the most popular Christian icon in the modern West?
Portents, Omens and Unnatural Phenomena
26/06/2005
Snakes that sing, a crozier that talks, a planet that disappears. Accounts of unusual and unnatural phenomena have been recorded throughout history, and Andrew Farquharson of the Blue Mountains has collected them.
Greek Gods and Icons
22/05/2005
Curator, Paul Donnelly, gives us a glimpse of the Greek Treasures from the Benaki Museum in Athens.
Alexander Cruden, Who Unwrote the Bible
03/04/2005
An index of every word and phrase in the Old and New Testaments, Cruden's Bible Concordance has never been out of print since its publication in 1750.
Jesus and The Da Vinci Code
27/03/2005
The figure of Jesus in The Da Vinci Code is not a familiar one - a survivor of the Crucifixion who has a family with Mary Magdalene.
Celts: Ancient or Modern?
06/03/2005
What has become of the Celtic peoples whose culture spanned Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea?
