Film Comment: The Judas Project

The Judas Project (1990) is a "modern version" of the Jesus story about "Jesse" and his followers.  Much of the dialogue, escpecially Jesse's is paraphrased directly from the Bible.  The director seems to have intended the film to be a presentation of the life of Christ in a modern setting.   What if Jesus came for the first time ... today?

"Treypole," an IMDB (*) commenter from Texas is a Christian and a filmmaker who said, "Both parts of me were offended by this well-intended turkey."  He describes Jesse as sensitive and weepy-eyed.

Several commenters noticed what they perceived to be a subtle anti-Catholic and anti-Jewish bias in the film.

One commenter describes the film as  a Christian Ed Wood production.  Ed Wood was the nearly legendary exuberant but utterly incompetent director of such hilariously inept films as Plan 9 from Outer Space, Glen or Glenda?, and Bride of the Monster.

* IMDB = The Internet Movie Data base.

Messianic Prophecies from the Bible: He Will Be Sold for Thirty Pieces of Silver

Messianic Prophecies is a recurrent segment in this blog.

Old Testament:

“And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.”

Zechariah 11:12

New Testament:

“Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.”  Matthew 26:14-16

Bible Printer's Errors: The Judas Bible

Proofreading is very important.  Sometimes one word changes the entire meaning of a passage.  The following is an example to prove the point.  The Judas Bible (1611) has the wrong person talking. 

WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE SAID:  

“Then cometh Jesus with them to a place called Gethsemane, and saith to the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go yonder and pray.” Matthew 26:36

 WHAT IT SAID:

“Then cometh Judas with them to a place called Gethsemane, and saith to the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go yonder and pray.” Matthew 26:36