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Professor GΓ©za Vermes

Sue Lawley's castaway is writer and academic Professor GΓ©za Vermes.

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is Professor Geza Vermes . When he wrote Jesus the Jew in the early 1970s, it shocked the Christian world. He continued to examine Jesus through three more books, drawing on his lifetime's study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Born in Hungary in the 1920s, his Jewish parents had converted to Catholicism, but it did not save them from the Nazis. He was ordained a Catholic priest, but returned his Jewish roots and his study of the religion and culture of first-century Palestine.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Now from the Sixth Hour by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: The Complete Works by Flavius Josephus
Luxury: Comfortable armchair/desk

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45 minutes

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Fri 9 Jun 2000 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Peggy Lee

    It ain't necessarily so (from Porgy and Bess)

    • Sings for You.
    • Avid Records.

  • Franz LehΓ΅r

    The Merry Widow

    Soloist: Anita Gura & Peter Anders Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic

    • The World of Operetta.
    • Telefunken Legacy.

  • Nat King Cole

    Go down Moses (from A Child of our Time)

    Choir: Choir of the 1st Church of Deliverance

    • Every Time I Feel the Spirit.
    • Capitol.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorale Prelude: Vater unser im Himmelreich

    Soloist: Peter Hurford

    • Choral Preludes.
    • Decca.

  • Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta

    Orchestra: Budapest Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Gyorgy Lehel

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      St Matthew Passion - Und von der sechsten Stunde

      Artist: Robert Tear & John Shirley Quirk

      • St Matthew Passion.
      • ASV.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 'Kreutzer'

    Soloist: Itzhal Perlman & Vladimir Ashkenazy

    • Violin Sonatas Nos 5 & 9.
    • Decca.

  • Enrique Granados

    Tonadillas

    Soloist: Andres Segovia

    • Golden Jubilee Vol.2.
    • Brunswick.

  • Book Choice

    • The Complete Works - Flavius Josephus

  • Luxury Choice

    • Comfortable armchair/desk

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Professor Geza Vermes

Broadcasts

  • Sun 4 Jun 2000 11:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 9 Jun 2000 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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