volume 5, issue 2, 2013, pages 126-140

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64438/sbsGZDA6554
Published online: 2013-12-01
Published in print: 2013-12-30

Abstract: This paper seeks to answer the question which languages Jesus spoke. After presenting the historic background of languages spoken in Palestine in Jesus’ time, there is more space dedicated to examples of multilingual texts from the New Testament. By the analysis of the artistic presentation of the issue in Gibson’s film The Passion of the Christ, the question of Jesus’ language becomes more alive for today’s reader.