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  • From: David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] The Passionate Maker of The Passion of The Christ
  • Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:48:47 -0500

On 2/24/04 3:31 PM, "David R.Matusiak" <dave AT matusiak.org> wrote:

> Has anyone else been following this media fracas with perverse glee? I
> can't get over the whacky things Mel's Dad likes to say about "the
> Jews" and their "made-up Holocaust." I also cannot reconcile his past
> Un-Christian behavior with the bull malarkey he is trying to pull
> today. For your reading pleasure:
>
> http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/special_packages/
> passion_of_christ/7990308.htm
>
> From a purely editorial POV, where did that extra "The" come from in
> the title? Wouldn't it be "The Passion of Christ" instead of "The
> Passion of The Christ"??

While I am neither a Christian, nor a linguist, I believe that Jesus was the
fellow's name, and "Christ" was more a title, meaning "The Anointed,"
synonymous with Messiah.

David





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