The spear of Christ
By: producer, Ken Winikur ; director, Jeremy Leach, Ken Winikur ; writer, Ben Avishai ; produced by Northern Lights Productions for History
Contributors: Northern Lights Productions; History (Television network); Arts and Entertainment Network
Publisher: A&E Television Networks; New Video
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [New York?]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 45
ISBN-13: 9781422943779
Subjects: Holy Lance; Relics
Other titles: Decoding the past (Television program)
Description: Follow one of the world's most holy relics on its two-thousand-year journey down through history. It began as an instrument of mercy in the hands of a Roman soldier at Christ's Passion and became one of history's most powerful relics. The Spear of Christ is believed to have been infused with miraculous power as it pierced the side of Christ and has been linked to some of history's most remarkable episodes, from the conquests of Napoleon to the ambitions of Hitler.
Notes: Director of photography, Jeremy Leach ; editor, Andrew Kukura.

Originally broadcast as an episode of Decoding the past in 2006.

DVD; Dolby Digital, stereo.