tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1476328767842644832.post96520280024105336..comments2023-07-21T07:22:03.007-07:00Comments on Visual Parables: The Bible, Fourth WeekEd McNultyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13156275978535413938noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1476328767842644832.post-27504058518443535342013-05-08T06:27:45.098-07:002013-05-08T06:27:45.098-07:00Charity, Thanks for your correction of my historic...Charity, Thanks for your correction of my historical error. I don't know how I messed up, as I have read (far too long ago) much of Josephus (love history). Also, thanks for the comment about why the filmmakers chose a child as the boject of Jesus' teaching--certainly a creative and acceptable choice, even if not literally biblical. Like you, I believe that the Life of Jesus section is the best part of the series.Ed McNultyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156275978535413938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1476328767842644832.post-13303118764385045362013-05-08T06:17:06.939-07:002013-05-08T06:17:06.939-07:00I LOVED their choice of actor for Jesus -- I thoug...I LOVED their choice of actor for Jesus -- I thought he was delightful, charismatic, and loving to the crowd, which is how I imagine Christ. <br /><br />The reason Jesus addresses a child is they played the scene out with him talking to the disciples and it was... dead, dull, boring. The actor suggested a child, so he could make it a sweet, meaningful offhand remark rather than a lecture, and to me, it works.<br /><br />Matthew meeting Jesus is one of my favorite moments in the entire miniseries. I LOVED that scene.Charityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928012771461206094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1476328767842644832.post-31625510750829344782013-05-07T16:13:39.494-07:002013-05-07T16:13:39.494-07:00I may come back and comment further on this later,...I may come back and comment further on this later, since I just discovered your blog and want to read in particular your thoughts on "The Bible" miniseries -- but I do want to address your comment about Pilate slaughtering Jews in the courtyard over the aqueducts as being historically inaccurate.<br /><br />Actually, that incident DID actually happen. Josephus, the Jewish Historian, writes about it. The crowd found out that Pilate was using temple funds to build the aqueducts and formed a mob. He sent soldiers among them, dressed as Jews, and at his signal, they uncloaked themselves and began beating the locals, in some cases killing them. <br /><br /><br />Josephus also writes about an incident (not shown in the miniseries) in which Pilate had Galilean worshipers killed IN the temple, and it was his slaughter of Samaritans a few years later that got him discharged as governor and returned to Rome. :)Charityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928012771461206094noreply@blogger.com