The Oberammergau Passion Play: A Lance Against Civilization

By Saul Friedman and Saul S. Friedman

People of Oberammergau have re­ceived highest praise for their fidelity through 350years. But Friedman asks questions that must be addressed: "Can the traditional text be reconciled with the Gospels? Does the play generate harmful, stereotypic images of Jews? Is the Passion truly a 'hymn of recon­ciliation' or is it, as Nietzsche said of Wagner's Meistersinger, a 'lance against civilization'?"

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809311534
• ISBN13: 9780809311538
• Release Date: May 1984
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.0" x 5.5"