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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/9254| Title: | Jews, Christians, and ‘The Passion’ |
| Authors: | Berger, David |
| Keywords: | The Passion of Christ anti-Semitism in film Jewish-Catholic relations The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Mel Gibson the Vatican Council Gospel narratives Jesus --Crucifixion. |
| Issue Date: | May-2004 |
| Publisher: | American Jewish Committee |
| Citation: | Berger, D. (May 2004). Jews, Christians, and ‘The Passion’. Commentary Magazine, 117(5), 23-31. |
| Series/Report no.: | Commentary Magazine;117(5) |
| Abstract: | Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ opened on February 25, Ash Wednesday. I planned to catch a noon showing that Friday, and I was a nervous wreck. Even setting aside the question of anti-Semitism, reviewers had depicted a movie so horrific, with clawed whips sending chunks of bloodied flesh flying across the screen, that I was not sure I could endure the experience. (In the aftermath of childhood nightmares, I have assiduously avoided fictional horror and cinematic gore alike.) But one can hardly undertake to write about a film whose controversial nature rests in part on its violence and close one's eyes when the going gets tough. And so I entered the theater in fear and trembling. (from Introduction) |
| Description: | Magazine article / Film review |
| URI: | https://www.academia.edu/44323024/David_Berger_Jews_Christians_and_The_Passion_Commentary_Magazine_vol_117_no_5_May_2004_23_31 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/9254 |
| ISSN: | 0010-2601 |
| Appears in Collections: | Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies (BRGS): Faculty Publications |
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