Is the biblical conception of the messiah political or religious? During his lifetime, was Jesus able to claim himself as Israel's messiah? Could the royal dimension of this claim lead to his condemnation? But by whom and why? By the Jews who considered it blasphemous and dangerous for the people? By the Romans who feared the coming of a king to liberate Israel? Where did the first disciples get their name "Christians"? Didn't Jesus become "Christos", "Jesus Christ" only after his death? How many years separate Jesus the Nazorean, the Galilean prophet from Jesus Christ, the universal and Hellenizing Christ? How will this metamorphosis coincide with the exit from Judaism?

The Serie : A historical and scientific enquiry into the origins of the New Testament and the life of Jesus Christ involving specialists from all over the world.