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The Last Hours Of Our
Lord Jesus Christ
Sometime around the year A.D. 30, in the Roman province of
Palestine, an obscure Jewish carpenter named Jesus of Nazareth began to teach publicly and to proclaim the coming of a 'Kingdom
of God.' For centuries, the Jewish people had expected the appearance of a promised deliverer known as the Messiah --a figure
who would restore their ancient dignity, and free their sacred homeland from all evil and despair. In the minds of many, Jesus
appeared to be this Messiah. Surrounded by a core group of twelve disciples, Jesus began to attract a massive following from
among the common people of Galilee and Judea, who eventually praised him as their Messiah and King. However, Jesus also had
many enemies in Jerusalem. The Sanhedrin, a governing senate composed of the leading Jewish priests and Pharisees, conspired
to put Jesus to death. More
The Passion Of Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson brings his strong Catholic beliefs to this film as does,
the actor who will play Jesus Christ, James Caviezel. Gibson pursued authenticity in telling this story by consulting
with high-level theologians and church officials at the Vatican. Gibson plans to tell the story without subtitles, trusting
the power of visual storytelling to transcend language barriers. He wants to show the humanity of Jesus as well as the devine
aspect.In addition to the New Testament gospels of John, Luke, Mark and Matthew., Gibson and Ben Fitzgerald scripted from
several other sources, including Mary of Agreda's "The City of God", and freely adapting the diaries of Anne Catherine Emmerich
collected in "The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ".
The Los Angeles-based Jesuit linguistics professor Bill Fulco, who
will also serve as the on-set dialogue coach, translated the screenplay into Latin and Aramaic.
We'll be sure to add more information, from reliable sources, on
this fascinating film, as it becomes available, and, hopefully soon, there will be an official website we can direct you to,
meanwhile enjoy a very well done fan based website, plus the back ground material that we are supplying here, and yes,
it does include links to Aramaic and Latin language websites.
a note: the fan based website gives you several language options, including Latin and
Aramaic.
the mirror page to this one, with music. Here
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The Film
an essay on The Passion
by Kelly Boggs,
of Baptist Press news
this not the official
website, but a very
good one nonetheless
this is the same website as the
above, but in Latin
the official website
25th February 2004
The Actors
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The Languages
a detailed course in
Assyrian Aramaic
a comprehensive lexicon
Dictionary and Grammar Aid
a Latin conjugation programme | | |
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The Sources
from the Meditations of
Anne Catherine Emmerich
1774-1824
by St. Mary of Agreda
1602-1665
The Biblical sources can be found here or via the
New Testament Gateway logo
at the head of this page. | | |
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Other
Biblical Sources
a translation into English
a mega-site of Bible, Christian
and religious information
and studies.
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are courtesy of
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