Since The Passion of the Christ is in theatres...part 7
[noticed at the Conversation Cafe in the reviews section]

My second viewing as an educator and with my Jewish friends in spirit reminded me of 1993 when I was invited to speak on the topic "Is the Christian Bible Anti-Semitic?" to teachers in a Jewish school. A teacher in that school taught comparative religions and took a class to a church so her students could experience a Christian service. The pastor made some statements to the effect that all Jewish people were lost and going to hell, and the teacher and students left traumatized by this approach and what they considered anti-Semitic sentiments read from the Christian Bible.

My comments on that day are very similar to my response as an academic worldview thinker to The Passion of the Christ. Jewish literature historically reflects variegated opinions. For example, the Talmud contains discussion and debate, and notes disagreements via majority and minority opinion. Disagreements over truth-claims in Jewish tradition do not equal or warrant bigotry or racism. As literature written by those with Jewish roots, the Gospels and other Christian biblical writings also record the variegated opinions that surrounded Jesus. Just as the Torah was and has been "interpreted" differently by Jewish groups, so Jesus has been and is "interpreted" differently as a Rabbi, Liar, Lunatic, Revolutionary Threat, Prophet, Messiah, and Lord. Three of the Gospels were written by Jewish people who became convinced based on certain lines of evidence that Jesus was the promised Messiah of the Tanakh. Thus, the Gospels are best viewed as "legal briefs" that contain evidence leading to the legal conclusion that Jesus is Messiah, written in the spirit of Deuteronomy 19:15.

--from the review of The Passion of the Christ by John Geib