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Posted on 10/23/2003 2:27:37 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
The left-wing thought police fought him every step of the way. The major studios refused to touch his new project even though he has made Tinseltown hundreds of millions of dollars. But Mel Gibson's "The Passion of Christ" will open in America on Feb. 25, Ash Wednesday. The Oscar-winning director and Newmarket Films announced a deal today to distribute the movie, about the last hours of the life of Jesus Christ. "The Passion of Christ" stars James Caviezel as Jesus and Monica Bellucci as Mary Magdalene. The dialogue is in Latin, Hebrew and Aramaic with English subtitles. Newmarket, an independent distribution company, specializes in publicizing and securing theaters for such excellent movies as "Memento," "Real Women Have Curves" and "Whale Rider." Gibson will distribute the film himself through his Icon Productions in the United Kingdom and Australia, the Associated Press reported. And that high-pitched shriek you hear is the New York Times' Frank Rich tossing his latest temper tantrum.
Why not Greek?
Weren't most of the Gospels written in Greek... St Mark, St Luke, St John?
Is there any original quote from Jesus in Latin?
I've seen some sprinkligs of Aramaic in the Greek text of the gospels, and since Jesus was a Jew, he probably spoke Hebrew in certain occasions.
Nevertheless, the only direct quotes from Jesus appear in Greek texts, and perhaps Aramaic if St Matthew was originally written in Aramaic.
Why this avoidance of Greek?
You might be onto something.
If Gibson really wanted his movie to be an historical portray of Jesus, he should have used some Greek in the movie.
It's like making an historical movie about Thomas Jefferson in Spanish, French, and German but no English.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist... Everyone with even a passing interest in Christianity is going to go see it. Devout Christians will go see it multiple times. All the Gibson fans will go see it. The Holeywood establishment has become so insular and deviated and politically obsessed, that they can't even recognize big money when it's shoved right under their noses!
I'm rubbing my hands together in gleeful anticipation...
Jesus didn't speak Greek? Hope it comes out in DVD soon. In the meantime, I'll read the Book in English. I imagine the Book is available in quite a few languages, including Greek.
Uh, maybe because this is a portrayal of the passion of Christ at the time it happened, not at the time the gospels were written. You do know the gospels were not written concurrent with these events, but many years later, right?
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The gospel were written by eye witnesses in Greek.
Are you saying that the eye witnesses did not interact with Jesus in Greek?
Are you saying that the Gospels do not contain verbatim quotes from Jesus?
Are the Gospels just translations of Jesus' words and not direct quotes?
Greek was the language of international commerce at that time. Educated people learned Greek. As unusual as it may sound, even the Romans used Greek as the language of commerce.
The reason that the Gospel message spread so quickly was 1) the Roman system of roads made travel and commerce possible, and 2) the universality of the Greek language.
Not sure if you are agreeing with me or not, but I believe you have made my point. Since this story is about the last 12 hours of His life, and you have stated that Jesus spoke Aramaic in His daily life, wouldn't that be the logical choice for authenticity?
I'm pretty sure Jesus wasn't too involved with international commerce that He would have to speak a lot of Greek. But even if He did, I highly doubt whether He spoke much Greek in the last hours of his life.
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