Theos-Talk Archives (March 2004 Message tt00363)

Pedro Oliveira wrote:
> It is a very controversial film and like every
> controversial film it admits many readings. Those
> viewers focusing on the portrayal of the Pharisees'
> leaders will automatically accuse the film of
> anti-Semitic.
One interesting thing is the extension of the "dirty Jew" myth (also 
promulgated by Alice Bailey), showing the Jews to be much dirtier than 
the Romans. However, this contradicts even the New Testament, where 
Jesus comments on the Jews', for the time, religious obsession with 
personal cleanliness.

Bart