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  • From: Jeremy Portzer <jeremyp AT pobox.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] The Passionate Maker of The Passion of The Christ
  • Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 16:05:39 -0500

On Tue, 2004-02-24 at 15:48, James Z. Godwin wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, David R.Matusiak wrote:
>
> > 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"??
> >
>
> I strongly suspect that it's a direct translation from the Greek -
> "Christ" was an appellation rather than a name, and Greek articles tend to
> get dropped and create ambiguity when translated into English.

Right, his more proper "name" was Jesus of Nazareth.

--Jeremy

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