I'M A LITTLE TIRED of Mel Gibson and The Passion, so I haven't posted much on it for a while. But I seem to be the only one who's tired, so here's an update on what's going on. Michael Novak saw the rough cut and he liked it. Professor Amy-Jill Levine saw the leaked draft of the script and she didn't like it. The Baptist Press gives its take on the movie here. Eric J. Greenberg, Interfaith Affairs correspondent for the Jewish Week, has expressed serious concerns about the movie over the last few weeks. (A reader sent me copies of his articles. If I can find a URL I'll post it.) And some specialists on Ioudaios-L are wishing scholars would engage more with the public on such things (start at the link and just keep going to the next message). Note to my colleagues there: if you're serious about this, start a blog. I've been discussing this particular issue (and many others of public interest) for months and I could use some help. I suspect more people read my individual blog-post blatherings than read many of my professional articles. (Is that good or bad? I don't know.) And a lot of my readers are nonspecialists.