Paul Revoir of The Daily Mailing in the UK reports that the BBC is facing accusations of rewriting the Ressurection story by claiming Christ was nailed to the cross in a "foetal" position.The British Broadcasting Corporation is accused of “misleading” the public by ditching the traditional image of Yeshua with arms outstretched, legs straight and hands nailed.Makers of the lavish new drama, "The Passion," say they are challenging this image, because new historical evidence shows he probably did not die this way.They instead maintain he likely died with his arms above his head, nails through his arms and his knees bent, when killed by the Romans. But the network is being accused of ignoring evidence in the Bible and gratuitously offending Christians who cherish the traditional image.This comes just weeks after the broadcaster faced claims of exonerating Judas and Pontius Pilate in the same program, which stars Joseph Mawle as Yeshua. Others also strike out at the program’s portrayal of Yeshua’ mother Mary, after the program suggested she had not known what was happening to her.Simon Elliot, production designer for the BBC show says he tried to make the show “historically accurate” as possible. Elliott claimed that the position known to Christians was only one of a number of ways the Romans crucified people. But the decision to go with the new portrayal was based on “lengthy research,” including the discovery of a crucified skeleton found near Jerusalem in 1968.
No comments:
Post a Comment