{"collection":"Judaism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/jud/rio/rio12.htm","path":"jud/rio/rio12.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/jud/rio/rio12.htm","text":"A Rabbi's Impressions of the Oberammergau Passion Play, by Joseph Krauskopf, [1901]\nIndex\nActors, see Passion Play\nAs s of the Apostles, end of Judas in the, 178; historically unreliable, 199, 203\nAgrippa, mocked by Alexandrians, 114\nAlexandria, Roman mob in, 114\nAlexandrians, alluded to, 105\nAscension, the, 122; disagreement on the, in Gospels, 146\nAssyrian period of Isaiah, 164\nAugustine, St., legend concerning, 58\nAuthor's attitude toward the Passion Play, 18, 31-33\nBabylonian period of Isaiah, 164-168\nBarabbas, 119\nBar Cochba, leader of Jewish rebellion, 53\nBenedictine Convent at Ettal, 87\nBiblical knowledge requisite for criticism of Passion Play, 18\nBiography, of Jesus, 148; of St. Paul, 203-214\nBirth of Jesus, time of the, 173\nBlasphemy, according to Jewish law, defined, 99\nBlue Grotto, near Oberammergau, 96\nBrotherhood of Man, as conceived in the Pauline theology, 207\nBruno, alluded to, 94\nCalvin, alluded to, 140\nCarabbas, mock king, throned at Alexandria, 114\nChoragus, of Passion Play, 30; part created for Mayr, 24\nChorus of guardian angels, in Passion Play, 29, 30\nChrist, see Jesus\nChristian credulity, 59\nChristian faith, happiness of believers in, 41; sustained at cost of Jewish honor, 42\nChristian, interpretation of Messiah's prophecies, 156; story of Jesus,\nproof demanded of the, 143; teachings, forgiveness inculcated by, 139; vindication of the Jew, 133\nChristianity, as a world religion, 207; doctrines of, 214; according to St. Paul, 206; detrimental to its increase, 213; early, pagan tendencies of, 106; Roman tendencies of, 108; established by a Jew, 212; in Asia and Europe at the death of St. Paul, 211; scholarly foundations of, imperfect, 158\nChristians, persecutions by the, 139\nChristmas, origin of, 173\nChristology, Isaiah the richest source of, 159\nCommunistic brotherhood of the Nazarenes, 192, 195; its permanence impossible, 196\nCompromise, between Jew and Gentile impending, 215; between St. Paul and the Nazarenes, what it might have effected, 212-214\nConcord, New Hampshire, alluded to, 40\nConverts, Paul's new theology attracted many, 209\nCredulity, of early ages, 59, 88; strengthened by the Passion Play, 34\nCritical research demanded in the present age, 59\nCross, the omnipresence of the, at Oberammergau, 38; story of the, 39 Crucifixion, the, 121; a Roman cure for Jewish patriotism, 127; held to be foreshadowed in Isaiah, 170; Jewish responsibility for the, historically groundless, 141; prophecies applied to the, 178\nCrusades, the, 140\nCyrus, believed to have been the Messiah, 169\nDavidian descent of Jesus denied, 12\nDelusions, religious, see Religious delusions\nDevoutness of the Jewish nation in the time of Christ, 67\nDisproof of the Jewish story of Jesus demanded, 143\nDivine reason, allegorical interpretations of the, 205; Jesus the incarnation of the, 206\nDivinity of Jesus, 150; rejected, 180\nDoctrines of Christianity hinder its increase, 213, 214\nDoubt in the pulpit, 147\nEarly Christian Church, factions in the, 105\nEarly Christian fathers, comments of the, on Pilate, 125\nEaster, 153; a season for persecution of the Jews, 134-137\nEddas, alluded to, 88\nEgypt, flight of Jesus into, 174\nEliot, George, alluded to, 44\nEmerson, noble life of, 150; alluded to, 40\nEnlightenment of the present age, 138\nEpistles of St. Paul, value to students of Christianity, 203\nErasmus, on Luther, quoted, 133\nEssenes, a communistic sect, 195; alluded to, 99, 105\nEternal damnation, doctrine of, unknown to early Nazarenes, 192\nEttal, legend of, 86; alluded to, 97\nEzekiel, alluded to, 155\nFactions in the early Christian Church, 105\nFestival of the Birth of the Sun, 173\nFlaccus, Roman procurator, 114, 115\nFlunger, Anna, 23\nForetelling not a prophetic function, 164\nGalileans, seditions of the, 50\nGalileo, alluded to, 140\nGamaliel, teacher of St. Paul, 204; alluded to, 64, 95\nGenealogy of Davidian House, 72\nGermanic myth, 87\nGethsemane, agony of Jesus in, 84; arrest of Jesus in, 83\nGolden Rule, paraphrase of the Talmud, 183\nGospel, accounts of Jesus, too; falsehoods, eradication demanded, 132; miracles, 130\nGospels, character of Pilate as depicted in the, 125; contradictions in the, 110; date of the, 102; development of the, 102; differences in the, concerning the birth of Christ, 174; differing versions of the, 104; paganized, 105; resemblance of Isaiah to the, 161\nGregory XIII, pope, 140\nHale, Sir Matthew, alluded to, 55\nHelpfulness of Christian faith, 45\nHerod Antipas, Jesus before, 118; slays John the Baptist, 65\nHerod Archelaus, 65\nHerod the Great, massacre of infants by, 175; theatre of, in Jerusalem, 68; alluded to, 174\nHero myth of the Gospels, 42, 103, 106\nHezekiah, 166; Messianic prophecies referring to, 167, 168, 176\nHiawatha play, alluded to, 31\nHigh Priests, demand the punishment of Jesus, 117: relations of Pilate with the, 124; see also Annas, Caiaphas\nHillel, Rabbi, Golden Rule of, 183; alluded to, 64\nHosea, quoted, 175\nHumanity of Jesus, 148\nHuxley, Professor, on definition of a lobster, quoted, 97\nImitation of Christ, 149\nImmaculate Conception, doctrine of the, unknown to the early Nazarenes, 192\nImmanuel, Jesus not known as, 166\nIngersoll, Robert, alluded to, 100\nInspiration of Scripture denied, 100\nIsaiah, Assyrian period of, 164, 171; authorship of, 164; Babylonian period of, 164, 171; chronology of, 165; fifty-third chapter of, 170; Messianic predictions of; 166-172; quoted, 159; resemblance to Gospels of, 161; alluded to, 155, 156\nJames, St., loyal to Jews, 126\nJehovah, a God of mercy, 112\nJeremiah, quoted, 175\nJerusalem, irresponsive to announcement of a Messiah, 52-54; represented as plotting against Jesus, 69\nJesus, agony of, 84; a Grecian Christ, 209; a Jewish patriot, 91, 102, 128, 142, 157; a man of peace, 63; arrest of: 83, preparation for the, 76; before Herod, 113; before Pilate, 116, 119; before the High Priest, 92; birthplace of; 172; character of, paganized by the early Church, 109; condemned to death, 120; contemporaneous records of; wanting, 101; deluded into belief in his Messiahship, 51, 125, 142; desire of; to save his followers, 55, 76; disillusioned, 55; driving money changers from the Temple, 62-66; entrance on stage of, 33; entry into Jerusalem of; 44, 61; prophecy concerning, 176; flight into Egypt of, 174; his early doubt of his Messiah-ship, 51; humanity of; 148; imitation of, 149; impersonation of, influence on spectators, 45; influence of, upon civilization, 43; Jewish pride in, 181; Jewish responsibility for the death of; 141; last words of; 128, 129; life of: 148, earlier versions friendly to Jews, 106; miracles of; 74; mission of; 133, 142, 209; mocked by the Roman guard, 114; monotheism of; 44, 73, 209; motive for hatred of; lacking, 71-75; mystical doctrines connected with, by St. Paul, 206; not an offender before Jewish law, 99; not foretold by prophets, 179; not received as the Messiah in Jerusalem, 52-54; not yet arisen, 151; offense against Roman law of, 127; prepares\nfor his arrest, 76; proclaimed King of the Jews, 48; respect of, for Jewish law: 210, for Rabbis, 64; second advent of, expected by his followers, 194; teachings of: endorsed by Rabbis, 73, in harmony with the Talmud, 182, not followed, 149, reverence for the, 151; the Jew transmuted into a mythical Christ, 207; the Judean teacher not the Nicean dogmatist, 148; Thorwaldsen's statue of; 44; time of birth of; 173; trial of; before Pilate, a fabrication, 123; trial of; before the Sanhedrin: 94, a fabrication, 96, 98, 123; written life of; deemed unnecessary at first, 103, developed to suit ideas of differing sects, 104\nJew and Gentile, compromise between, 215; St. Paul demolishes barriers between, 208\nJew, Christianity established by a, 212; defense of the, 130; sculptor of Christianity, 20; the suffering Messiah, 152\nJewish ceremonials discarded by St. Paul, 208, 210; contemporaneous mention of Jesus wanting, 102; desire for the death of Jesus 117; expectation of a political Saviour, 103; gifts to civilization, 19; hatred of Jesus denied, 75; history of the time of Isaiah, 165-172; hope for a Messiah, 49, 51; interpretation of Messianic prophecies, 156; law: contained in the Talmud, 182, punishes blasphemy alone with death, 99, observed by Jesus, 210; monotheism, 32, 36, 40, 157; officials devise plans to arrest Jesus, 70; pride in Jesus, 181; reasons for rejecting the Messiah, 157; responsibility for death of Jesus historically groundless, 141; revolts, 65; story of Jesus, disproof demanded, 143; trials, regulations concerning, 82, 99\nJews, alleged use of Christian blood for Passover bread by the, 137; critical attitude toward their faith of the, 60; defense of the, 34, 36; falsely charged with the death of Jesus, 50, 75; favorably regarded in early versions of the life of Jesus, 106; high character of the, 40; hostility of the Gospel of John toward the, 107; injustice toward the, 138; intimate knowledge of Scripture of the, 157; misrepresentation of the: 19, 27, 42, in the Gospels, 43, 119, 123; how affected by the Passion Play, 34; influence of play against the, 33; made salvation through Christ possible, 122; persecutions of the: 32, 35, 134-137, 156, under Pilate, 124, alluded to, 151, 157; rejection of Jesus as a Messiah by the, 161; sinfulness of continued enmity toward the, 139; story of the, summarized, 142; unchristian sentiments toward the, 141; vindication of the, 57\nJochanan ben Saccai, alluded to, 64, 95\nJohn, Gospel of; hostile to Jews, 107; last words of Jesus in the, 128\nJohn, St., loyal to Jews, 126\nJosephus, cited, 98; spurious reference to Jesus in the writings of, 102\nJudaism, developed into a world religion by St. Paul, 207, 215; ethics of, supplanting Paul's gnosticism, 216; Gentiles impressed by the ethics of, 213; refuge of cultured classes, 213\nJudas, bishop of the early Christian Church, 81\nJudas of Kariyoth, description of, 77; falsity of Gospel history of, 79-83; final history of, 11; prejudice against the impersonator of, 26; prophecies applied to, 177; origin of name of, 83\nJudges, prophecies of the Book of, 172\nKing James version of the Bible used for quotation, 159\nKofelberg, cross on the summit of the, 38, 39\nKremlin, 69\nLang, Anton, 23; description of, 46-47\nLang, Sebastian, 93\nLaw, Jewish, contained in the Talmud, 182\nLechner, Gregor, prejudice against, 26\nLeda, myth of, 106\nLion and lamb symbol of Isaiah explained, 167\nLocket, story of a, 150\nLogos, the, Jesus identified by Paul as, 206\nLord's Prayer, paralleled in the Talmud, 183\nLudwig, founder of Ettal, 87\nLuke, Gospel of; on birthplace of Jesus, 172\nLuke, early MS. of the Gospel of; last words of Jesus in, 129\nLuther, Erasmus on, 133; alluded to, 55, 94\nMark, Gospel of; friendly to Jews, 107; last words of Jesus in the, 128\nMatthew, Gospel of, Judas\u2019 betrayal of Christ in the, 177; last words of Jesus in the, 128; on birth of Jesus, 172; massacre of infants in the, 175\nMessiah, belief in the, distinguishing mark of Nazarenes, 193; Cyrus hailed as the, 169; Hezekiah believed to be the, 167, 168, 176; Old and New Testament references to, compared, 161; reasons for Jewish rejection of the, 157\nMessianic prophecies, differently interpreted by Jew and Christian, 156; examined, 158, 172; of Isaiah explained, 166-172\nMicah, quoted, 42\nMidnight reverie at Oberammergau, 37-42\nMiracle of the medi\u00e6val age, 87\nMiracles of Scripture, 89; of the Gospels, 130; of the second century, 130\nMissionaries of the early Christian Church, 104, 126\nMonotheism, of Jesus, 209; of Jews, 32, 36, 40; of Jews forbade belief in Christ's divinity, 57\nMoral excellence without belief in Divinity of Christ, 150\nMoscow, 69\nMotive for attributing the persecution of Jesus to Jews, 126\nNatural laws, immutability of, 130\nNazarenes, communistic brotherhood of the, 192, 195; desirability of compromise between St. Paul and the, 212; differed from other Jews only in Messiah belief; 193, 201; extension of their tenets, 207; observers of Jewish law, 210; opposed the theology of St. Paul, 209; truest followers of their Master, 192\nNazareth, birthplace of Jesus, 172\nNew Testament, canons of the, 101; expurgation of false statements from the, 147; last words of Jesus in Revised Version of; 129; mention of Pilate's cruelty in the, 124; narratives of; written to harmonize with Old Testament prophecies, 170; quoted, 183-191; story of Jesus\u2019 arrest untrue, 56; teachings against Jews, 60; writers of the, 158\nNibelungenlied, alluded to, 88\nOberammergau, arrival at, 21; few Protestants in, 26; no Jews in, 25; statuary in, 20; scenery of; suggestive of Palestine, 23; religious character of villagers in, 23, 41; visitors in, 37\nOriginal sin, doctrine of, unknown to early Nazarenes, 192\nPagan ideas, incorporated in the Gospels, 105\nPapias, bishop, Gospels questioned by, 104; alluded to, 111\nPaschal, see Passover\nPassion's Esel, 39\nPassover, belief in a Messiah at time of the, 50; alluded to, 66, 133, 134\nPassover night, no sessions of the Sanhedrin on the, 82\nPaul, St., account of, in Acts of the Apostles, 201-203; biography of, 203-214; Christianity as a world religion conceived by,\n[paragraph continues] 207; determines to become an Apostle to the Gentiles, 208; description of, 198; education of, 204; Epistles of: reasoning in the, 204, value to students of Christianity, 203; joined the Nazarene sect, 206; psychological pen-picture of, 204; responsible for doctrines of the Christian Church, 214; theology of, opposed by Nazarenes, 209-211\nPeace, Keneseth Israel Temple medallion illustrative of, 155\nPentecost, Day of, 200\nPeter, Saint, alleged miraculous works of, 200\nPhilo, on Pilate's cruelty, quoted, 124; on Roman mob, in Alexandria, quoted, 114; propounder of the Logos, 206; alluded to, 64, 214\nPhilonic-Gnostic, doctrines of St. Paul, 205, 206, 208\nPilate, as depicted in the Gospels, 125; cruelty of, toward Jews, 123; endeavors to save Jesus, 117, 119; Jesus before, 116; alluded to, 50, 61, 95\nPassion Play, actors in the: characteristics of, 22, occupation of, 22, 25; audience at the, 28; hours for performance of the, 28; influence on spectators of the, 23; origin of the, 22; prelude to the, 29-31; prologue to the, 30; scenery of the, 30\nPontius Pilate, see Pilate\nPopes of Rome, 93\nProof demanded of Christian story of Jesus, 143\nProphet, meaning of the word, 162\nProphets, did not foretell Jesus, 179; foretelling not a function of, 164; functions of the Biblical, 163\nPsalm XXIII, applied to the Crucifixion, 179\nPublic schools, teachings against Jews in the, 138\nQuakers, persecuted by Christians, 140\nRabbis, endorse the teachings of Jesus, 73; visit with Andreas Lang, 23\nRachel, alluded to, 176\nRain, during performance of Passion Play, 27, 152\nRama, city of, 175\nRationalistic tendencies of present century, 147\nReason, supreme arbiter, 143; the foe of credulity, 59\nReligious delusions, 55\nRenan, alluded to, 36\nRendl, Peter, alluded to, 47\nResurrection, the, 122\nResurrection Day, dawning, 151\nRevised Version of New Testament, last words of Jesus in the, 129\n\"Righteous Child,\" of Isaiah, explained, 167\nRoman: Empire, a field for propagation of Christianity, 56, 126; hatred of Christians, 124; mob in Alexandria, 114; mockery of Jesus, 113; popes, see Popes of Rome; punishment, of treason, 54; responsibility for death of Jesus, 75, 125; rule, in Palestine, 49; suppression, of Jewish agitators, 65, 127; tax collection at time of Jesus\u2019 birth, 174; tendencies of early Christianity, 108, 126\nSt. Bartholomew, Massacre of, 93, 140\nSalvation by faith, doctrine of, unknown to early Nazarenes, 192 Samson the giant, alluded to, 172\nSanhedrin, Jesus brought before the, 62; no sessions of the, on Passover night, 82, 99; alluded to, 57, 71, 86, 120\nSavonarola, alluded to, 55, 94, 139\nScriptures, the inspiration of, denied, 101; invoked to decide Messianic claims, 158\nSecond Advent, in the person of Paul, 197; of Jesus expected by his followers, 194, 195; alluded to, 103, 212\nSermon on the Mount, paralleled in the Talmud, 183\nServetus, alluded to, 140\nStage of Passion Play, description of the, 30\nStatuary at Oberammergau, 20\nStrabo, on schools of Tarsus, cited, 204\nStrauss, \"Life of Jesus,\" alluded to, 44\nSummary, of arguments drawn from Passion Play, 132; of arguments against Old Testament prophecies of Christ, 180\nSupernatural, belief in the, 88, 130; double standard of belief regarding the, 89\nSupernatural Christ, 40; a mythological fiction, 42; effect of unbelief in a, 40; Jews calumniated in the name of the, 42\nTacitus, death of Jesus mentioned by, 124\nTalmud, dates of the, 182; declares Hezekiah to have been the Messiah, 168; ethical teachings of, in the New Testament, 182; purpose of the, 182; quoted, 183-191\nTarsus, schools of, 204\nTaylor, Father, on Emerson, quoted, 150\nTemple, infamous charge of corruption of the, 67; sale of sacrificial offerings allowed in the, 64; robbed by Pilate, 124 Theatre, 21; covered, 27\nThorwaldsen's Christ, alluded to, 44\nTreason, Roman punishment for, 54\nTrial: scene before Pilate declared untrue, 123; of Jesus inconsistent with Jewish criminal procedure, 82\nTranscendental philosophers, 40\nTrinity, doctrine of the, unknown to early Nazarenes, 192; legend of the, 58\nUnbelief, among students, 41; in the Church, 147\nUnitarian denial of supernatural Christ, 40\nVicarious Atonement, 76; doctrine of, unknown to early Nazarenes, 192\nVirgin, legend of the, 86; alluded to, 97\n\"Virgin Child,\" of Isaiah, explained, 166\nVolsung-saga, alluded to, 88\nWagner, alluded to, 88\nWars of Christian nations, 32\nWilliam Tell, play, 31\nZechariah, prophecies of, applied to Judas, 178\nZwink, Johann, 93; impersonator of Judas, 78","title":"A Rabbi's Impressions of the Oberammergau Passion Play: Index","type":"page"}