Jews, Christians, and ‘The Passion’

dc.contributor.authorBerger, David
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T19:26:04Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T19:26:04Z
dc.date.issued2004-05
dc.descriptionMagazine article / Film reviewen_US
dc.description.abstractMel 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)en_US
dc.identifier.citationBerger, D. (May 2004). Jews, Christians, and ‘The Passion’. Commentary Magazine, 117(5), 23-31.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0010-2601
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.academia.edu/44323024/David_Berger_Jews_Christians_and_The_Passion_Commentary_Magazine_vol_117_no_5_May_2004_23_31en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12202/9254
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Jewish Committeeen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCommentary Magazine;117(5)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectThe Passion of Christen_US
dc.subjectanti-Semitism in filmen_US
dc.subjectJewish-Catholic relationsen_US
dc.subjectThe United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)en_US
dc.subjectMel Gibsonen_US
dc.subjectthe Vatican Councilen_US
dc.subjectGospel narrativesen_US
dc.subjectJesus --Crucifixion.en_US
dc.titleJews, Christians, and ‘The Passion’en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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