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	Passion play on Encyclopedia.com
		The chief survival among the passion plays is the one performed at Oberammergau in the Bavarian Alps.
		Passion plays have been revived in a few cities in W Europe.
		passion plays had become far more secular in content, having been degraded, in a religious sense, through their contact with carnival plays.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Passionp.asp

	Passion play - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Passion play is a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Christ, the suffering and death of Jesus.
		Passion Play is also the title of a stage play by Peter Nichols, which explores themes of desire and adultery.
		A Passion Play is also the title of an album by Jethro Tull, about the journey of a recently deceased man through the after-life.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Passion_play

	Oberammergau Passion Play - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1770, Oberammergau was informed that all passion plays in Bavaria had been banned by order of the Ecclesiastical Council of the Elector, Maximillian Joseph at the behest of the Catholic Church.
		By tradition, in 1633 the inhabitants of the village of Oberammergau in Bavaria, now in Germany, vowed that if God were to spare them from the effects of the bubonic plague ravaging the region, they would perform a play every ten years depicting the life and death of Jesus.
		Some critics have charged that the play is anti-Semitic, in that it overemphasizes the role of the Jewish people in the death of Jesus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oberammergau_Passion_Play

	Oberammergau Passion Play - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1770, Oberammergau was informed that all passion plays in Bavaria had been banned by order of the Ecclesiastical Council of the Elector, Maximillian Joseph at the behest of the Catholic Church.
		Some critics have charged that the play is anti-Semitic, in that it overemphasizes the role of the Jewish people in the death of Jesus.
		The play, now performed repeatedly over the course of five months, during the first year of each decade, involves over 2000 performers, all of whom are residents of the village.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oberammergau_Passion_Play

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Passion Plays
		Thus the Benedictbeurn Passion Play (thirteenth century) is still largely composed of Latin ritual sentences in prose and of church hymns, and, being designed to be sung, resembles an oratorio.
		Later on, Passion Plays, properly so called, made their appearance, first in Latin, then in German; contents and form were adapted more and more to popular ideas until, in the fifteenth century, the popular religious plays had developed.
		The Höritz Passion Play, the present text of which is from the pen of Provost Landsteiner, has been produced every five years, since 1893.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11531a.htm

	Passion Play
		The Passion Play in Oberammergau Germany was in response to a plague sweeping through Europe in 1634.
		Passion plays explore the human sufferings of Jesus and traditionally focus on the last days of Jesus' life, as played out during Holy Week liturgical services in Christian Churches.
		The first passion play was performed in 1150 and spread across the Christian World going from one monastery to another.
	www.passionplayusa.net /pas2.htm

	Passion play -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Early Passion plays were performed in Latin and consisted of readings from the Gospel with interpolated poetical sections on the events of Christ's Passion and related subjects, such as the Last Supper and the lament of the Virgin Mary.
		Early Passion plays (in Latin) consisted of readings from the Gospel with interpolated poetical sections on the events of Christ's Passion and related subjects, such as Mary Magdalene's life and repentance, the raising of Lazarus, the Last Supper, and the lament of the...
		Early Passion plays (in Latin) consisted of readings from the Gospel with interpolated poetical sections on the events of Christ's Passion and related subjects, such as Mary Magdalene's life and repentance, the raising of Lazarus, the Last Supper, and the lament of the…
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9058665?tocId=9058665

	The Oberammergau passion play has a new script
		The passion play text used since 1860 has been reworked this year to erase implications that the Jews killed Jesus and that women played a only a minor role in Jesus' life.
		Oberammergau, the town -- population 5,000 -- would grind to a halt if everyone involved in the passion play did nothing else.
		Officially, the title is "The Oberammergau Passion Play of the Suffering, Death and Resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ," which still has a nice 18th-Century ring to it.
	www.freep.com /features/travel/play2_20000702.htm

	Oberammergau
		As a theater historian I found myself fascinated by the ways in which the tradition of Passion playing in Oberammergau was rooted in the world of medieval and Renaissance drama.
		Oberammergau is also notorious for staging a play — praised by Hitler himself and sharply attacked by Jewish organizations — that has long portrayed Jews as bloodthirsty and treacherous villains who conspire to kill Jesus.
		Annelies Buchwieser, a native of Oberammergau, related to me how in 1950 one of her age-mates, the talented Gabriele Gropper, had been slated to play Mary, the lead female role, until she was seen dancing with American soldiers.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/first/s/shapiro-oberammergau.html

	Introduction - Oberammergau - Passion Play
		text of the Passion Play was adapted between 1850 and 1860 by Oberammergau parish priest Alois Dalsenberger.
		The structure of the play with its tableaux vivants from the Old Testament and the scenes acted from the New Testament have been retained.
		P ilgrims from all over the world will be fascinated by the play, a testimony to religious faith.
	www.neuschwanstein-country.net /hotels/Oberammergau/en/introduc.htm


		Passion Plays are, in general, sources of theological anti-Judaism and do not help to improve the relationship of Christians and Jews.
		Passion Plays have been sources of that contempt for Judaism and require a careful consideration in order to avoid the serious problems of the past.
		ADL and Dr. Swidler were invited by Klement Fend, the Mayor of Oberammergau, to attend a meeting to discuss new versions of the script of the Passion Play and its presentation in the year 2000.
	www.adl.org /Interfaith/Oberammergau/Oberammergau_print.asp

	Passion Plays
		Eliezer Segel: The Purim-Shpiel and the Passion Play
		The passion play genre is a very old one.
		Some of these factors were treated in a book published in 2000: Oberammergau: The Troubling Story of the World's Most Famous Passion Play, by James Shapiro.
	www.clas.ufl.edu /users/gthursby/rel/passion.htm

	The Oberammergau passion play has a new script
		The passion play text used since 1860 has been reworked this year to erase implications that the Jews killed Jesus and that women played a only a minor role in Jesus' life.
		The citizens who put on Passion Play 2000 live tucked away in a village so picturesque that streams of motor coaches pull in every day, even in years without the play.
		Officially, the title is "The Oberammergau Passion Play of the Suffering, Death and Resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ," which still has a nice 18th-Century ring to it.
	www.freep.com /features/travel/play2_20000702.htm

	Park Performing Arts Center Passion Play
		"The Passion Play is a quick-moving, engaging play..."
		While the Passion Play in Oberammergau is performed every ten years and is a tremendous tourist attraction, the play in Union City is performed every year and has become well known for its innovative and sensitive approach to religious and social issues.
		The Passion Play has always been staged by members of the local community and it is still produced as part of an important local tradition.
	www.parkpac.org /pp_pas.html

	Variety.com - Newmarket makes new 'Passion' play
		'Passion's' scourging scene is being 'adjusted' in the re-release.
		Mel Gibson has made a new cut of his film "The Passion of the Christ," trimming five to six minutes of violent scenes.
		The new version, "The Passion Recut," will go out on 500-750 screens by Newmarket Films beginning March 11.
	www.variety.com /article/VR1117917698?categoryid=13&cs=1

	Egyptian "Passion" Plays
		Its purpose is obviously the same as that of the one at Ober-Ammergau, or the Tyrolean, or the Persian Passion Play of Hussein.
		We know that Passion plays in his memory were performed annually at Abydos, Busiris, Heliopolis, and elsewhere.
		In the case of the Egyptian "Passion" the central figure was the legendary king-divinity, Osiris.
	www.theatrehistory.com /origins/egypt001.html

	On Passion Plays
		Passion Plays are, in general, sources of theological anti-Judaism and do not help to improve the relationship of Christians and Jews.
		The Oberammergau Passion Play will be presented in Germany on May 21, 2000.
		It is equally important to point out that Jews are not against the Passion of Jesus, but are deeply concerned with the presentation of the Passion without an explanation that avoids any anti-Jewish theological or anti-Semitic interpretation.
	www.adl.org /Interfaith/Oberammergau/Intro.asp

	ReligionLink - 'Passion' plays out locally
		A Christian Passion play is a representation of the "passion" - from the Latin passio, which means "suffering" - of Jesus, that is the period covering his arrest, trial, scourging and crucifixion, ending with the resurrection.
		Passion plays focusing on the Easter story were essentially one of type of mystery or miracle play.
		Although the Reformation signaled a decline in the widespread use of liturgical dramas, the Passion play endured and even flourished, especially in countries such as Germany, where the Oberammergau drama - which 17th century villagers vowed to present in perpetuity if God spared them from the plague - continues to be presented every 10 years.
	www.religionlink.org /tip_040120a.php

	Park Performing Arts Center Passion Play
		"The Passion Play is a quick-moving, engaging play..."
		While the Passion Play in Oberammergau is performed every ten years and is a tremendous tourist attraction, the play in Union City is performed every year and has become well known for its innovative and sensitive approach to religious and social issues.
		The Passion Play has always been staged by members of the local community and it is still produced as part of an important local tradition.
	www.parkpac.org /pp_pas.html

	Commentary Magazine - Passion at Oberammergau
		...Oberammergau was distinctive only in the matter of the vow and the decennial recurrence, for passion plays were performed at that time in more than sixty places in Bavaria...
		...The modern Oberammergau passion play, one of the goals of most of this year's conducted tours of Europe, is a sophisticated production which takes its point of departure from medieval texts, but uses every theatrical device to make its version of the events of the passion as emotionally stirring as possible for a modern audience...
		...In the Daisenberger text of the Passion Play, as it continues to be performed at Oberammergau, the anti-Semitic passages in the scriptural accounts of the crucifixion are dramatized in a most intense and unqualified way...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V29I3P20-1.htm

	ReligionLink - 'Passion' plays out locally
		A Christian Passion play is a representation of the "passion" - from the Latin passio, which means "suffering" - of Jesus, that is the period covering his arrest, trial, scourging and crucifixion, ending with the resurrection.
		Passion plays focusing on the Easter story were essentially one of type of mystery or miracle play.
		Although the Reformation signaled a decline in the widespread use of liturgical dramas, the Passion play endured and even flourished, especially in countries such as Germany, where the Oberammergau drama - which 17th century villagers vowed to present in perpetuity if God spared them from the plague - continues to be presented every 10 years.
	www.religionlink.org /tip_040120a.php

	Oberammergau passion play - TMCJ - The Play
		Compared to the famed Oberammergau passion play in Germany, The Play is an east coast Virginia production about the life of Christ.
		She shared her passion with two Beach churches and with only six weeks to choose music, rehearse actors, build sets, and make costumes, the first production was presented to four standing-room only crowds.
		Marie Umidi, Producer and Writer of The Play came to Virginia Beach with her husband, Dr. Joseph Umidi, in 1984 with the vision of The Play (formerly The Man Called Jesus) burning in her heart.
	www.theplay.net /oberammergau-passion-play.html

	Passion Play
		Passion Play From the August 25, 2003 issue: The controversy over Mel Gibson's forthcoming movie on the death of Jesus Christ.
		The Great Passion Play in Eureka Springs Arkansas near Branson is an outdoor Christian drama that faithfully reenacts the greatest story ever told, the last...
		The evolution of the Passion Play was about the same as that of the Easter Play.
	www.jesuspets.com /jesus/passion-play.htm

	Passion play -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Early Passion plays (in Latin) consisted of readings from the Gospel with interpolated poetical sections on the events of Christ's Passion and related subjects, such as Mary Magdalene's life and repentance, the raising of Lazarus, the Last Supper, and the lament of the…
		Quite different was the passion play, derived mainly from early Islamic lore and assembled as a sequence of tragedies representing Shi'ite martyrdom.
		Of medieval origin, the Passion play is a religious drama dealing with the suffering, death, and Resurrection of Christ.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9058665

	Passion Play
		In his sermon, Cardinal Friedrich Wetter claimed the Passion Play Festival was not merely a folk event: "The play concerns the deeper meaning of human existence, which is best expressed by the death and rebirth of Jesus Christ." Beginning on Monday, the Passion Play will be performed five times a week until October 8th.
		For the first time in the 350-year history of the Passion Play Festival, there was an ecumenical service on the eve of the permiere, attended by Catholic, Protestant and Anglican church officials.
		The Passion Play Festival is accompanied by an exhibition of the works of American artist Robert Wilson.
	www.bbv-net.de /news/german/2000-0523/passion.html

	Oberammergau
		It is most well known for its spectacular Passion Play (one of the greatest Christian Travel destinations in the world!), but is also much visited for its fine wood carvings, its beautifully painted houses, and its general charm and attractiveness.
		The first Oberammergau Passion Play was held in the year 1634.
		While Oberammergau is not difficult to reach (2 hours by train from Munich), because of the play's length, the vast majority of play tickets are sold in packages that include one or two nights accommodations and meals.
	www.christiantraveler.com /Q_A/Archive/Oberammergau/oberammergau.html

	Oberammergau
		The play was first performed in 1634 and is the result of a vow made by the inhabitants of the village that if God spared them from the effects of the bubonic plague then sweeping the region they would perform a passion play every ten years.
		Oberammergau is a village in Bavaria in Germany, most famous for its production of a passion play depicting the life and death of Jesus Christ.
		The play is now performed in years ending with a zero and involves over 2000 performers, all residents of the village.
	www.yotor.com /wiki/en/ob/Oberammergau.htm

	New Statesman: Passion parade - Oberammergau Festival's passion play
		Oberammergau's Passion play was prompted by the plague of 1633, which ravaged Bavaria after the Thirty Years War.
		Earlier versions featured devils devouring Judas's intestines (played by a string of sausages), but the Catholic Church frowned on such comic antics and, in 1770, all Bavarian Passion plays were banned.
		"Former Passion plays, especially those from the medieval time, treated the conflict of Jews and Christians in a very dangerous way," says Huber, speaking in his dressing room, fresh from his performance as the play's narrator.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_4506_129/ai_66383192

	A Passion Play - The Official Jethro Tull Website
		A "passion play" is a general term used to refer to stories of the life and death ("passion") of Christ.
		Tull fans are a rather cordial group but breech the topic of "A Passion Play" at your own peril.
		"A Passion Play" is much darker than "Thick as a Brick," both in music and theme.
	www.j-tull.com /discography/passionplay/index.cfm

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