The Naked Archaeologist The Would-be Messiah (Season 2, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 22 min | Documentary, History

The Naked Archaeologist

The Would-be Messiah (Season 2, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 22 min | Documentary, History

One hundred years after Jesus was crucified, a warrior hailed by rabbis as the Jewish messiah led a massive rebellion against Roman occupation in Israel. Who was this would-be messiah? This is the story of the rabbis' best kept secret.

Director

Concetta Principe

Writer

Concetta Principe

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Edit Released

Updated May 16, 2008

Release date

May 16, 2008 (Canada)

Awards

Series awards

1 nomination

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Simcha Jacobovici Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Deadly Currents (1991)
Dan Bahat Self Self See fewer	Unveiling Jerusalem (2017)
Hanna Cotton Self Self See fewer	The Naked Archaeologist (2005)
Tirtsa Cohen Self Self See fewer	The Naked Archaeologist (2005)
Meir Rosenberg Self (as Rabbi Meir Rosenberg) Self (as Rabbi Meir Rosenberg) See fewer	The Naked Archaeologist (2005)
Stephen Boyd Messala (archive footage) Messala (archive footage) See fewer	Ben-Hur (1959)
Yul Brynner Solomon (archive footage) Solomon (archive footage) See fewer	The King and I (1956)
Jeffrey Hunter Jesus (archive footage) Jesus (archive footage) See fewer	The Searchers (1956)
Gina Lollobrigida Sheba (archive footage) Sheba (archive footage) See fewer	The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
Raymond Massey Nathan (archive footage) Nathan (archive footage) See fewer	Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Victor Mature Samson (archive footage) Samson (archive footage) See fewer	The Robe (1953)
Gregory Peck King David (archive footage) King David (archive footage) See fewer	To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Steve Reeves Romulus (archive footage) Romulus (archive footage) See fewer	Hercules (1958)