Dr. Kathleen E. Corley is Oshkosh Northwestern Distinguished Professor and Professor of New Testament at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Robert L. Webb lectures in the Religious Studies Department of McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. He is the executive editor of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus (Sage) and of the monograph series Library of Historical Jesus Studies (a subset of LNTS, T&T Clark). He is the author of John the Baptizer and Prophet: A Socio-Historical Study (Sheffield Academic Press, 1991) and more recently the co-editor with Kathleen Corley of Jesus and Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ: The Film, the Gospels, and the Claims of History (Continuum, 2004) and with John Kloppenborg of Reading James with New Eyes: Methodological Reassessments of the Letter of James (T&T Clark, 2007).

"...solid collection of 14 scholarly and well-argued articles. Highly Recommended."-Library Journal

• INTRODUCTION: KATHLEEN CORLEY AND BOB WEBB PART 1: THE PASSION AS A FILM VIEWING EXPERIENCE: RESPONSES TO THE FILM AS A WHOLE 1. John Dominic Crossan 2. Mark Goodacre PART 2: THE PASSION AS STORY: EVALUATING THE FILM'S CHARACTERISATION AND PLOT 3. The Flashbacks to the Life of Jesus - Robert Webb 4. The Betrayal of Jesus and the Death of Judas - Scott McKnight 5. The Portrayal of Satan and the Demons - Mark Allan Powell 6. The Portrayal of Mary and the other Women Characters - Kathleen Corley 7. The Portrayal of the Temple Leaders and the Jewish People - Alan Segal 8. The Portrayal of Pilate and the Romans -Helen Bond 9. The Trials of Jesus - Glenna Jackson 10. The Procession and Crucifixion of Jesus - Craig Evans PART 3: THE PASSION AS ART: CONSIDERING THE FILM'S ARTISTIC EXPRESSION 11. The Passion in Light of a History of Films on Jesus - Barnes Tatum 12. The Passion and the Use of Classic Works of Art - David Goa 13. The Passion and the Influence of Anne Catherine Emmerich's The Dolorous Passionof our Lord Jesus Christ - Robert Webb Conclusion - Kathleen Corley and Robert Webb

Dr. Kathleen E. Corley is Oshkosh Northwestern Distinguished Professor and Professor of New Testament at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Robert L. Webb lectures in the Religious Studies Department of McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. He is the executive editor of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus (Sage) and of the monograph series Library of Historical Jesus Studies (a subset of LNTS, T&T Clark). He is the author of John the Baptizer and Prophet: A Socio-Historical Study (Sheffield Academic Press, 1991) and more recently the co-editor with Kathleen Corley of Jesus and Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ: The Film, the Gospels, and the Claims of History (Continuum, 2004) and with John Kloppenborg of Reading James with New Eyes: Methodological Reassessments of the Letter of James (T&T Clark, 2007).

"...solid collection of 14 scholarly and well-argued articles. Highly Recommended."-Library Journal

• INTRODUCTION: KATHLEEN CORLEY AND BOB WEBB PART 1: THE PASSION AS A FILM VIEWING EXPERIENCE: RESPONSES TO THE FILM AS A WHOLE 1. John Dominic Crossan 2. Mark Goodacre PART 2: THE PASSION AS STORY: EVALUATING THE FILM'S CHARACTERISATION AND PLOT 3. The Flashbacks to the Life of Jesus - Robert Webb 4. The Betrayal of Jesus and the Death of Judas - Scott McKnight 5. The Portrayal of Satan and the Demons - Mark Allan Powell 6. The Portrayal of Mary and the other Women Characters - Kathleen Corley 7. The Portrayal of the Temple Leaders and the Jewish People - Alan Segal 8. The Portrayal of Pilate and the Romans -Helen Bond 9. The Trials of Jesus - Glenna Jackson 10. The Procession and Crucifixion of Jesus - Craig Evans PART 3: THE PASSION AS ART: CONSIDERING THE FILM'S ARTISTIC EXPRESSION 11. The Passion in Light of a History of Films on Jesus - Barnes Tatum 12. The Passion and the Use of Classic Works of Art - David Goa 13. The Passion and the Influence of Anne Catherine Emmerich's The Dolorous Passionof our Lord Jesus Christ - Robert Webb Conclusion - Kathleen Corley and Robert Webb

Dr. Kathleen E. Corley is Oshkosh Northwestern Distinguished Professor and Professor of New Testament at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Robert L. Webb lectures in the Religious Studies Department of McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada. He is the executive editor of the Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus (Sage) and of the monograph series Library of Historical Jesus Studies (a subset of LNTS, T&T Clark). He is the author of John the Baptizer and Prophet: A Socio-Historical Study (Sheffield Academic Press, 1991) and more recently the co-editor with Kathleen Corley of Jesus and Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ: The Film, the Gospels, and the Claims of History (Continuum, 2004) and with John Kloppenborg of Reading James with New Eyes: Methodological Reassessments of the Letter of James (T&T Clark, 2007).

"...solid collection of 14 scholarly and well-argued articles. Highly Recommended."-Library Journal

• INTRODUCTION: KATHLEEN CORLEY AND BOB WEBB PART 1: THE PASSION AS A FILM VIEWING EXPERIENCE: RESPONSES TO THE FILM AS A WHOLE 1. John Dominic Crossan 2. Mark Goodacre PART 2: THE PASSION AS STORY: EVALUATING THE FILM'S CHARACTERISATION AND PLOT 3. The Flashbacks to the Life of Jesus - Robert Webb 4. The Betrayal of Jesus and the Death of Judas - Scott McKnight 5. The Portrayal of Satan and the Demons - Mark Allan Powell 6. The Portrayal of Mary and the other Women Characters - Kathleen Corley 7. The Portrayal of the Temple Leaders and the Jewish People - Alan Segal 8. The Portrayal of Pilate and the Romans -Helen Bond 9. The Trials of Jesus - Glenna Jackson 10. The Procession and Crucifixion of Jesus - Craig Evans PART 3: THE PASSION AS ART: CONSIDERING THE FILM'S ARTISTIC EXPRESSION 11. The Passion in Light of a History of Films on Jesus - Barnes Tatum 12. The Passion and the Use of Classic Works of Art - David Goa 13. The Passion and the Influence of Anne Catherine Emmerich's The Dolorous Passionof our Lord Jesus Christ - Robert Webb Conclusion - Kathleen Corley and Robert Webb