[Alberta's Child]

The dinner rolls always bothered me. Its not just in the movie , but also many paintings.

This actually doesn't bother me at all, since I suspect that the reason these "dinner rolls" are used in these renderings of the Last Supper is that they show bread in a form that is easily recognized by viewers who may have no idea what unleavened bread looks like.

[avile]

possible, but remember art then was not for the masses , but for the wealthy patron who tended to be educated.

I wonder was it to de-Judaize Jesus.

I often notice that depending on the view of the producer, Jesus film often play up or play down the Jewishness of the people.

I remember in the "little drummer boy" aaron has a kipa.

In the miniseries "masada" the Jews dressed like Jews.

Most movie Jesus's are goyish. Where is his Kipa or Kafiyeh.
Where is his tzitzit? In fact except for a film that John Rubinstein played Jesus, most movie Jesus are played by gentiles- Why is that.

I once read an article that claimed anti-semites try to make a distintion between "Hebrew " and "JEW"- (as if there is a distinction) -but that for many gentiles hebrw has positive connotaions and Jew has negative.

I remember a third rate tv moview with Victoria Principle as Queen Esther and the term Hebrew was used and not Jew- however in the book of Esther -Jew is used.