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The source of the information about the line which calls for punishing Jews down through history is two respected univesity professors of religion I heard in person earlier this week at a community lecture about the history and religions of the first century. This professors were the ones who expresssed their great concern about whether the line will appear in other countries when the film is shown there.

Name them, and their universities.
Post the offending line from the Aramaic that is as you characterized it, with the translation, and the source of the translation.
Quite frankly, I don't believe you, or these "professors."

Sabertooth said "Name them, and their universities.

Post the offending line from the Aramaic that is as you characterized it, with the translation, and the source of the translation.

Quite frankly, I don't believe you, or these "professors."

I can understand your suspicion, as I, too, wonder about the veracity of a lot of so-called first hand accounts I read on the Internet. Believe it or not, however, what I recounted about the professors and their talk was absolutely true. I'm hesitant to name them because I fear you will start to flame them, too. They are female professors of religion at a large public university and they are articulate and well-versed (biblical echo unintended)and they said they were sharing what they said is main stream reaction to the movie in their field of Christian scholarship. They said they are writing a book together that should be ready in about 6 months, so you will be able to read all about their views and them. The line itself they said is well known in Christian tradition and is said in Aramaic in the film, presumably translated correctly - I don't read Aramaic. The two women did make a big point of their deep fear of what it can set loose directly and indirectly even today throughout the world, since they know how much hate has been wrought over the centuries by the line.