The emotional response stirred by Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ has historical precedent. Witness the furor from Christian groups over Martin Scorsese's fictionalized version of the life of JESUS, The Last Temptation of Christ, the subject of a 1988 TIME cover.
Jesus has brief onscreen sex with his first wife Mary Magdalene and later commits adultery. Judas is a hero, the strongest and best of the apostles. Paul is a hypocrite and liar. Jesus is so dazed that, even on the eve of his Crucifixion, he is still not quite sure whether to preach love or murder Romans. Ready...
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