Thursday, February 19, 2004
The Passion of Christ - is it accurate?
There has been huge debate over Mel Gibson's film, The Passion of Christ, due to open in cinemas on February 25. Many of the positive aspects of the film have been over-shadowed by claims that the film is anti-Jewish. Gibson himself claims that it is not, and he is not trying to put the blame for Jesus' death on the Jews.
A wider issue is the question, is the film accurate to either the Gospels or the times?
An excellent article by John Meacham in Newsweek looks at the film in depth, and explores where the film departs from the Gospel record, and to what degree the departures matter.
There has been huge debate over Mel Gibson's film, The Passion of Christ, due to open in cinemas on February 25. Many of the positive aspects of the film have been over-shadowed by claims that the film is anti-Jewish. Gibson himself claims that it is not, and he is not trying to put the blame for Jesus' death on the Jews.
A wider issue is the question, is the film accurate to either the Gospels or the times?
An excellent article by John Meacham in Newsweek looks at the film in depth, and explores where the film departs from the Gospel record, and to what degree the departures matter.
