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Craftiness of Christ (The) To be included in a volume entitled Mel Gibson's 'Passion' and Philosophy: Challenges in the Trial, Conviction and Crucifixion of Christ, edited by Jorge Gracia, published by Open Court Publishers, forthcoming. ----------------------------------------------------- The Passion of the Christ is a work of art. This means that it utilizes a medium to convey a vision of some serious aspect of the human condition. The medium in the case of a film has several levels: the roll of celluloid that can be produced, maintained or destroyed like any other physical object; the visual and auditory images that appear to...