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The following is taken from the press release I just received from the UP Network. Please note that the issues of negative Jewish representation in the film remain. Click here to read my article \u201cA Decade Later \u2018The Passion Still Raises Questions of Anti-Semitism\u201d\u00a0. Meanwhile if you decide to tune in, remember the intense and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,33,61,3708,3709,2012,2031],"tags":[3719,3768,3595,3766,3206,3769,3767],"class_list":["post-5970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-faith-formation","category-film-reviews","category-religion","category-the-bible-2","category-the-bible-movie","category-theology-of-violence","category-violence-2","tag-anti-semitism-in-film","tag-anti-semitism-passion-of-the-christ","tag-jim-caviezel","tag-mel-gibson-passion-of-the-christ","tag-passion-of-the-christ","tag-passion-play","tag-up-tv"],"yoast_head":"\n
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