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The film presents a secular historiography of Christian origins oriented around philological and historical-critical scholarship. It foregrounds questions of authorship, dating, redactional layering, and the evolution of Christology in the New Testament corpus, with attention to tensions between Pauline communities and the Jerusalem apostles and to subsequent institutionalization in the Roman imperial milieu. The narrative frames these scholarly positions as the mainstream consensus in contemporary New Testament studies rather than confessional theology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Synopsis |url=https://deepdivedocumentaries.com/synopsis/ |website=Deep Dive Documentaries |access-date=2025-09-26}}</ref> |
The film presents a secular historiography of Christian origins oriented around philological and historical-critical scholarship. It foregrounds questions of authorship, dating, redactional layering, and the evolution of Christology in the New Testament corpus, with attention to tensions between Pauline communities and the Jerusalem apostles and to subsequent institutionalization in the Roman imperial milieu. The narrative frames these scholarly positions as the mainstream consensus in contemporary New Testament studies rather than confessional theology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Synopsis |url=https://deepdivedocumentaries.com/synopsis/ |website=Deep Dive Documentaries |access-date=2025-09-26}}</ref> |
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Reilly developed the project over four years and financed principal costs via a Kickstarter campaign supported by several hundred backers. Production credits list Torsten Hoffmann and Darren Vukasinovic as producers, Spacecraft Publishing with Chris Twyford and Reilly as executive producers, Marcus Machen as editor, Alexander Dragan as animator, and Jofre Horta Antoniou as composer. Reilly appears on camera as the film’s presenter and conducted the interviews with twelve subject-matter specialists.{{cite web |last=Reilly |first=Cameron |title=Principal Photography Completed! |url=https://cameronreilly.com/ |website=CameronReilly.com |date=2019-01-15 |access-date=2025-09-26 |quote=I shot all of my scenes to camera down in Melbourne… I’ve done interviews with biblical scholars, ancient historians and academics…}}
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Reilly developed the project over four years and financed principal costs via a Kickstarter campaign supported by several hundred backers. Production credits list Torsten Hoffmann and Darren Vukasinovic as producers, Spacecraft Publishing with Chris Twyford and Reilly as executive producers, Marcus Machen as editor, Alexander Dragan as animator, and Jofre Horta Antoniou as composer. Reilly appears on camera as the film’s presenter and conducted the interviews with twelve subject-matter specialists.{{cite web |last=Reilly |first=Cameron |title=Principal Photography Completed! |url=https://cameronreilly.com/ |website=CameronReilly.com |date=2019-01-15 |access-date=2025-09-26 |quote=I shot all of my scenes to camera down in Melbourne… I’ve done interviews with biblical scholars, ancient historians and academics…}}
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2020 Australian documentary film
| Marketing the Messiah | |
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| Directed by | Cameron Reilly |
| Written by | Cameron Reilly |
| Produced by | Torsten Hoffmann Darren Vukasinovic |
| Starring | Cameron Reilly |
| Edited by | Marcus Machen |
| Music by | Jofre Horta Antoniou |
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Production |
Deep Dive Documentaries |
| Distributed by | FanForce (Australia, event cinema) |
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Release date |
(Australia) |
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Running time |
103 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Marketing the Messiah is a 2020 Australian documentary film written and directed by Cameron Reilly. The film reconstructs the early formation, textual development, and diffusion of Christianity using interviews with twelve academic specialists in New Testament studies and ancient history, intercut with Renaissance art and animation. Reilly appears on camera as presenter. Initial screenings occurred via FanForce event cinema in March 2020, followed by digital release on FanForce TV and subsequent availability on additional platforms including Apple TV, Youtube, and Amazon Prime Video.[1][2][3][4]
The film presents a secular historiography of Christian origins oriented around philological and historical-critical scholarship. It foregrounds questions of authorship, dating, redactional layering, and the evolution of Christology in the New Testament corpus, with attention to tensions between Pauline communities and the Jerusalem apostles and to subsequent institutionalization in the Roman imperial milieu. The narrative frames these scholarly positions as the mainstream consensus in contemporary New Testament studies rather than confessional theology.[5]
Reilly developed the project over four years and financed principal costs via a Kickstarter campaign supported by several hundred backers with nearly double its original goal raised. Production credits list Torsten Hoffmann and Darren Vukasinovic as producers, Spacecraft Publishing with Chris Twyford and Reilly as executive producers, Marcus Machen as editor, Alexander Dragan as animator, and Jofre Horta Antoniou as composer. Reilly appears on camera as the film’s presenter and conducted the interviews with twelve subject-matter specialists.[1][6]
The film features interviews with the following scholars and writers, credited in order of appearance on the official site.[1]
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| Geoffrey Dunn | Honorary Research Associate, Department of Ancient Languages and Cultures, University of Pretoria |
| Michael Bird | Lecturer in Theology, Ridley College |
| Mark Goodacre | Department of Religious Studies, Duke University |
| Brent Landau | Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Texas at Austin |
| Chris Forbes | Senior Lecturer, Department of Ancient History, Macquarie University |
| Shushma Malik | Lecturer in Classics, University of Roehampton |
| Amy-Jill Levine | University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies, Vanderbilt University |
| David Runia | University of Melbourne and Australian Catholic University |
| David Fitzgerald | Author, Nailed |
| Richard Carrier | Author, On the Historicity of Jesus |
| Robert M. Price | Editor, The Journal of Higher Criticism; host of The Bible Geek |
| Raphael Lataster | Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Sydney |
FanForce organized event-cinema screenings in Australia and the United States in March 2020, with broader screening cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The film premiered for digital viewing on FanForce TV in April 2020,[3] and later became available on Apple TV, which lists a 1h 43min runtime and original audio in Australian English, and on Amazon Prime Video in various regions.[4] Post-pandemic, the film was screened across Australia with sold-out screenings in Sydney, Melbourne, and Bundaberg.[7] In March 2023, the Secular Society of MIT hosted a campus screening with a live Q&A by Reilly via Zoom.[8][9]
