Tuesday, March 16, 2004

More Passion: Reduces anti-semitism?

On Biblical Studies Resources, Jim West notes this article in WXII12.com:

Survey: 'The Passion' May Be Reducing Anti-Semitism
A new poll suggests fears that "The Passion of the Christ" would trigger anti-Semitism were unwarranted.

A nationwide survey conducted for the Institute for Jewish and Community Research finds that 83 percent of Americans familiar with the film say it's made them neither more nor less likely to blame today's Jews for Jesus' crucifixion.

Nine percent said Mel Gibson's film actually has made them less likely to blame today's Jews, while less than 2 percent said they're more likely to fault modern Jews or Jewish institutions.

The Institute's president, Gary Tobin, added that discussion of the issue has probably been good for Christian-Jewish relations.
The site also has a little repository of clips from the film:

Movie Clips, Interview Clips, Slide Show

So if you haven't seen it yet and want to whet your appetite, have a look at these five clips. The same article, as well as the clips, is available at Click2Houston.com, with thanks to Jeff Peterson for the link.

Jim also links to an article in a German publication, DW-World.de Deutsche Welle, "The Passion" stirs heated debate in Germany. But I don't seem to be able to access this -- error message. I've tried accessing the German language version without success.

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