Whew!

****I will break my usual rule against joining any public discussion of
religion, this one time...
If Christ was born in the time and place that the Bible(s) claim, then he
would have been a bit over 5 feet tall, have dark brown to nearly black
skin, and be of distinctly non caucasian visage...
As soon as I saw the ads showing the actor playing the role, I snorted and
dismissed any thoughts of actually viewing the movie... It's just another
cinema fantasy...
*********

There's an argument going on in rec.music.opera about the Latin used
by Gibson's crew. Evidently it's modern (Catholic) church Latin,
rather than the classical Latin taught in schools (when it was taught
in schools).

*****I'm old enough that I took four years of latin in high school - That's
the only reason I was considering attending the movie initially****

denny