Carl Anderson (Judas in Superstar) dies

Thanks to Helenann Hartley for this: Jesus opera actor Anderson dies Actor and singer Carl Anderson, best known for playing Judas in the roc...

Paula Fredriksen article on The Passion of the Christ

Paula Fredriksen has been involved with the controversy over this film from the beginning -- I have mentioned her article Mad Mel here befo...

Newsnight Review on The Passion of the Christ

Last night, Newsnight Review had a feature on The Passion of the Christ -- thanks to David Mackinder for mentioning this. You can view th...

Adele Reinhartz in the New Republic

There is a most interesting article by Adele Reinhartz in the latest edition of The New Republic . I may be wrong, but I think the only way...

National Geographic on The Passion of the Christ

Thanks to Jim West for this link: Christians, Critics Sound off on Gibson's Passion Stefan Lovgren for National Geographic News This is ...

Vermes article in full

I mentioned earlier Geza Vermes's comments on The Passion of the Christ now that he has seen a preview (see earlier blog entry ). Verm...

Heart attack during The Passion of the Christ, and Church Times forum

Helenann Hartley asks about the report that someone had a heart attack while watching The Passion of the Christ , something that was mention...

BBC News review of The Passion of the Christ

Thanks to Helenann Hartley for sending over the link to this review: Review: Gibson's The Passion of the Christ By Victoria Lindrea Ther...

New Republic Online Review

Thanks to David Mackinder for this one from the New Republic Online . Again, these American film critics really know how to write. How a...

Positive review of The Passion of the Christ in NRO

Thanks to Jeff Peterson for sending over this link from the National Review Online : Violence to Scripture? Viewing The Passion. By S. T. Ka...

Africana Review

Here's an interesting review in Africana : Africana Reviews: The Passion of the Christ Mel Gibson has never presented viewers with an in...

The Guardian on The Passion of the Christ

An interesting article in today's Guardian : Gibson film ignores vow to remove blood libel Director keeps in infamous line - but in Aram...

Crossan and Witherington on the Passion, Part 3

Beliefnet have now posted part 3 of the John Dominic Crossan and Ben Witherington III exchange on The Passion of the Christ and, in particu...

William Fulco, S. J. Interview

I have mentioned William Fulco, S. J. a few times in connection with The Passion of the Christ . On Xtalk , Jeffrey Gibson posts a link to ...

New Yorker review

I mentioned this review in quoting from another , but Dwight Peterson helpfully provides the URL for the review: NAILED by DAVID DENBY Mel G...

The Passion of the Christ in the UK

With a month to go until the release of The Passion of the Christ here in the UK, it is finding its way increasingly into our media, if pri...

Blogwatch: Biblical Studies Resources

Jim West has set up a new blog to accompany his Biblical Studies Resources pages: Biblical Studies Resources A Resource Weblog for all area...

Blogwatch: Beliefnet's Passion Weblog

Beliefnet have set up a weblog for news about The Passion of the Christ : Beliefnet's 'Passion' Weblog A continuing update of th...

Beliefnet: What's not in the Bible

In Paleojudaica , Jim Davila draws attention to this useful piece at Beliefnet: 'The Passion': What's Not in the Bible--and Why?...

Blogwatch: Andrew Sullivan on the Passion

It seems that the competition for the most negative review is hotting up (see earlier blog entry ). Thanks to David Mackinder for sending t...

Blogwatch: Paleojudaica on Aramaic in the Passion

Jim Davila has collected together and commented on some interesting pieces on the use of Aramaic in The Passion of the Christ : Aramaic spea...

Bob Schacht's comments on The Passion

On Xtalk , Bob Schacht has some fascinating reflections on The Passion of the Christ . If you are not subscribed, the previous link will ta...

The true horror: Passion of the Christ merchandising

Holger Szesnat referred me to a the Mikra discussion group for some ebay links to some extraordinary merchandise, mugs, oval pewter pocket ...

John Paul Heil homepage and article on Matt. 27.25

Thanks to Holger Szesnat for sending over a link to John Paul Heil's homepage . I have added this to the NT Gateway Scholars: H and in...

Larry Miller piece

Thanks to Jeff Peterson for sending over the link to this funny and poignant take on the Passion hullabaloo by a Jewish actor and humorist i...

Most negative review?

I referred to Geoff Pevere's Toronto Star review of The Passion of the Christ as the most negative I'd seen so far. David Mackin...

National Geographic on Mary Magdalene

National Geographic has an article on Mary Magdalene featuring some comments from Karen King; it is spurred on, as usual, by the Da Vinci ...

Interview with Caviezel

Thanks to David Mackinder for this link from PBS's Religion and Ethics News Weekly INTERVIEW: Jim Caviezel by Kim Lawton You can read t...

Toronto Star review

This is pretty much the most negative review I've seen so far, and the first from Canada, from the Toronto Star : A dark and bloody spec...

New York Times on The Passion

Thanks to David Mackinder for these links in today's New York Times : Good and Evil Locked in Violent Showdown A. O. Scott . . . . . Wha...

Christianity Today's Passion coverage: more on-line

The next few articles in Christianity Today 's March issue, in which The Passion of the Christ is the cover story, have now been posted...

The Stolen Script

I commented earlier that since the question of stolen script comes up repeatedly in news stories and now even in an academic review, I woul...

Passion of the Christ released today

The Passion of the Christ is released today in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. I won't get a chance to see it myself until...

First Things review of The Passion of the Christ

Instead of adding to my continually updated mega-post of yesterday, Passion of the Christ: News and Reviews round-up , I'll begin fresh ...

Petros Vassiliadis homepage

Thanks to Holger Szesnat for sending over the link to this homepage: Petros Vassiliadis I've added the link to my Scholars: U-Z page. ...

Passion of the Christ: news and reviews round-up

With the release of The Passion of the Christ in the USA tomorrow, it's time to round up some of the news and reviews. I commented ear...

Blogwatch: Gibson and Holocaust denial

In Paleojudaica , Jim Davila comments on the question of Mel Gibson and holocaust denial, pointing to the Volokh Conspiracy blog, which had...

Christianity Today's Passion coverage

Christianity Today has now posted on-line more of the material from its latest issue, in which The Passion of the Christ is the cover-stor...

Role of Fulco

Further to my previous blog entry , I've dug around a little more on William Fulco. This is from an article published in Deseretnews.co...

Scholars find fault with The Passion

On RogueClassicism , David Meadows draws attention to this Reuters piece (which you'll find syndicated elsewhere): Scholars find fault i...