Jesus Christ Superstar (film) who had played Jesus is missing. A shepherd and his flock cross the hillside beneath the empty cross ("John Nineteen Forty-One"). During filming of "Fiddler on the Roof", Barry Dennen, who played Pilate on the concept album, suggested to Norman Jewison that he should direct "Jesus Christ Superstar" as a film. After hearing the album, Jewison agreed. The cast consisted mostly of actors from the Broadway show, with Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson starring as Jesus and Judas respectively. Neeley had played a reporter and a leper in the Broadway version, and understudied the role of Jesus. Likewise, Anderson understudied
The Christ Myth difficulty. Paul's Christ does not point to the Jesus of the Gospels. This important part IV covers a complete text criticism and historical criticism of Gospel scholarship in 1912, in 14 chapters: The book emphasized the role played in the formation of the figure of Jesus by the Old Testament character of "The Suffering Servant" in Isaiah 53, Jeremiah, Job, Zechariah, Ezechiel, etc. especially as presented in the Greek version of the Septuagint. "Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12" ESV tells the story of the "human scapegoat" who, on God's will, is turned into an innocent lamb offered for sacrifice: 3 "He