Pondering the Passion What's at Stake for Christians and Jews?

by Cunningham, Philip A.; Berger, Pamela; Boys, Mary C.; Clabeaux, John; Cook, Michael J.; Cunningham, Maddy; Cunningham, Philip A.; Harrelson, Walter; Helmick, Raymond; Michalczyk, John J.; Pawlikowski, John T.; Roy, Louis; Rudin, A James; Setzer, Claudia;

• ISBN13: 9780742532182
• ISBN10: 0742532186
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-22
• Publisher: Sheed & Ward

Summary

Pondering the Passion explores how the story of the death of Jesus has been imagined and portrayed over the centuries. In the shadow of the Holocaust and under the eye of contemporary scrutiny, the varied and often conflicting depictions of the Passion of Christ raise questions lying at the heart of both the Jewish and the Christian faiths.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Passion-What's at Stake for Christians and Jews?	ix
Philip A. Cunningham
Part I: First-century History
Chapter 1 The Jews under Roman Rule	3	(10)
Claudia Setzer
Chapter 2 The Problem of Jewish Jurisprudence and the Trial of Jesus	13	(14)
Michael J. Cook
Chapter 3 Why Was Jesus Executed? History and Faith	27	(16)
John Clabeaux
Part II: Bible
Chapter 4 Protestant Understandings of the Passion	43	(12)
Walter Harrelson
Chapter 5 Separating the True from the Historical: A Catholic Approach to the Passion Narratives	55	(12)
George M. Smiga
Part III: The Arts
Chapter 6 The Depiction of Jews in Early Passion Iconography	67	(20)
Pamela Berger
Chapter 7 The Passion in Music: Bach's Settings of the Matthew and John Passions	87	(10)
Raymond G. Helmick
Chapter 8 Oberammergau: A Case Study of Passion Plays	97	(12)
A. James Rudin
Chapter 9 Celluloid Passions	109	(10)
John J. Michalczyk
Part IV: Theology
Chapter 10 What Does It Mean to be Saved?	119	(10)
Clark Williamson
Chapter 11 Why Is the Death of Jesus Redemptive?	129	(14)
Louis Roy
Part V: The Passion of the Christ
Chapter 12 A Challenge to Catholic Teaching	143	(14)
Philip A. Cunningham
Chapter 13 Gibson's Passion in the Face of the Shoah's Ethical Considerations	157	(12)
John T. Pawlikowski
Chapter 14 Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? The Psychological Risks of "Witnessing" the Passion	169	(12)
Maddy Cunningham
Chapter 15 Educating for a Faith that Feels and Thinks	181	(12)
Mary C. Boys
Glossary	193	(4)
Index	197	(14)
Contributors	211