The disputation : a theological debate between Christians and Jews / an Electric Rainbow production for Channel 4 ; producer, Jenny Reeks ; director, Geoffrey Sax ; writer, Hyam Maccoby ; editor, Mike Kleinsteuber.

Recreates a public theological debate between Christians and Jews, which were common during the Middle Ages. This one, held in Barcelona in 1263, was unique, being a genuine debate between Christianity and Judaism which brought to light the basic differences between the two religions. One of the mos...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Jewish heritage video collection ; RI 137.
Corporate Authors: Electric Rainbow (Firm)
Channel Four (Great Britain)
Other Authors: Reeks, Jenny
Sax, Geoffrey
Maccoby, Hyam, 1924-2004
Kleinsteuber, Mike
Hepton, Bernard
Lee, Christopher, 1922-2015
Lindsay, Helen, 1929-
Peck, Bob, 1945-1999
Dobie, Alan
Language:English
Series:Jewish heritage video collection ; RI 137.
Subjects:
Naḥmanides, > approximately 1195-approximately 1270 > Drama.
Barcelona Disputation, Barcelona, Spain, 1263 > Drama.
Judaism > Relations > Christianity.
Christianity and other religions > Judaism.
Jews > Spain > History.
Naḥmanides, > approximately 1195-approximately 1270.
Christianity.
Interfaith relations.
Jews.
Judaism.
Spain.
Spain > Barcelona.
1263
History.
Historical films.
Genre:
Drama.
History.
Historical films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (65 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Recreates a public theological debate between Christians and Jews, which were common during the Middle Ages. This one, held in Barcelona in 1263, was unique, being a genuine debate between Christianity and Judaism which brought to light the basic differences between the two religions. One of the most famous of these debates took place before King James of Aragon between the monk Pablo Christiani and Rabbi Moses ben Nachman.
Note:Originally released: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1993.
Digitized for preservation purposes from VHS version published by Jewish Media Fund in 1997 as number RI 137 of Jewish heritage media collection.
Videorecording.
Call Number:BM535 .D57 2019 VideoDVD
Credits:Camera, Adam Rodgers ; photographer, Peter Middleton ; music, Michael Nyman ; period consultant, Frank Prochaska ; art director, Kathy Pearce ; artistic consultant, Maria Bjornson.
System Details:Burned DVD (DVD-R), all regions, NTSC format.
Cast:
Bernard Hepton, Christopher Lee, Helen Lindsay, Bob Peck, Alan Dobie.