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In 1633, the residents of the small Bavarian village of Oberammergau made a vow that, if they were spared from a plague that was sweeping the countryside, they would perform a Passion play in perpetuity. Legend has it that no more villagers died; and the town has famously kept its vow. Every decade for centuries, the people of Oberammergau have presented their play. As described by theatrical historian James Shapiro, Oberammergau is a fascinating cultural, commercial, and religious saga. The book is sharpest in its analysis of the villagers' ambivalent efforts to rid their play of anti-Semitism. (Hitler, who attended the play twice, praised its convincing portrayal of "the menace of Jewry.") Recent revisions in the play's text, as well as casting and costume changes, have restored an historically accurate, Hebrew quality to Jesus and the other major characters in the drama. James Shapiro, who spent a great deal of time in the village gathering material for this book, observes in detail the anxieties and scandals that attended these changes--as well as the empathy and understanding that they occasioned. --Michael Joseph Gross
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"James Shapiro has written an utterly fascinating account of a phenomenon that is at once ephemeral and eternal--a once-a-decade drama saddled with centuries of passion. With scholarly ingenuity and journalistic wits, he dissects an event that has, as Shapiro himself writes, 'profound implications for interfaith relations in a post-Holocaust world.' This book will go down as a model of cultural commentary--and a treasure."
-- Stephen J. Dubner, author of Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family
-- Stephen J. Dubner, author of Turbulent Souls: A Catholic Son's Return to His Jewish Family
"Oberammergau is an obsessively readable treatment of this vexed subject, the drama which serves as such a perfect metaphor for the anguished and complex problem of Christian anti-Semitism. Professor Shapiro speaks with a scholar's authority, but with none of the obfuscation that such scholarship often entails. He sheds a most welcome light on this dark and murky terrain."
-- Mary Gordon
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- PublisherLittle, Brown and Company
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0316854654
- ISBN 13 9780316854658
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages239
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. According to local legend, in 1632 the Bavarian village of Oberammergau was threatened by an outbreak of plague and desperate villagers vowed to perform a Passion Play every ten years if God would spare them. From that day on, plague claimed no more victims in Oberammergau. The Oberammergau Passion Play provides a lens through which to view some of the conflicts that have dominated European culture: the Thirty Years War, the Counter-Reformation, the two World Wars and, most significantly, the Holocaust. Whilst the play has fiercely reseisted challenges to its traditions over the years, it has not been able to resist the charge of anti-Semitism. When the play is performed in 2000 in front of four million visitors it will be unlike any other Passion Play. It has been grudgingly but dramatically revised - the Jews will no longer be to blame for the killing of Christ. The author of this work uses the Oberammergau passion play to view fierce cultural, historical and religious tensions. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001545671
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