"From Jesus to Christ - the First Christians" explores the life of Jesus and the movement he started, drawing on new and controversial historical evidence which challenges familiar assumptions. For example, Galilee was not a bucolic backwater; it was on the edge of a thriving, prosperous metropolis. And Christianity did not arise as a single, uniform movement. From the beginning it was fraught with conflict, as early Christians wrestled with their Jewish heritage, collided with paganism, challenged the authority of the Roman Empire and clashed with each other.