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Barabbas

biblical masc. proper name, Greek Barabbas, from Aramaic barabba, "son of the father," or "son of the master." In Hebrew, it would be ben abh.

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Barabbas

Barabbas or Jesus Barabbas (a Hellenization of the Aramaic bar abba בר אבא, literally "son of the father" or "Jesus, son of the Father" respectively) is a figure mentioned in the accounts of the Passion of Christ, in which he is an insurrectionary whom Pontius Pilate freed at the Passover feast in Jerusalem, instead of releasing Jesus.

Barabbas (1961 film)

Barabbas is a 1961 religious epic film expanding on the career of Barabbas, from the Christian Passion narrative in the Gospel of Mark and other gospels. The film stars Anthony Quinn as Barabbas, features Silvana Mangano, Katy Jurado, Arthur Kennedy, Harry Andrews, Ernest Borgnine, Vittorio Gassman, and Jack Palance, and was distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was conceived as a grand Roman epic, was based on Nobel Prize-winning Pär Lagerkvist's 1950 novel of the same title. A previous film version of the novel, in Swedish, had been made in 1953.

The film was directed by Richard Fleischer and shot in Verona and Rome under the supervision of producer Dino De Laurentiis. It included many spectacular scenes, including a battle of gladiators in a Cinecittà film studio mock-up of the arena, and a crucifixion shot during a real eclipse of the sun.

Barabbas (novel)

Barabbas is a 1950 novel by Pär Lagerkvist. It tells a version of the life of Barabbas, the man whom the Bible relates was released instead of Jesus. The novel is built on antithesis: Jesus dies first among the three crucified – Barabbas dies last. Jesus dies among several of his friends – Barabbas dies alone. Jesus talks to God – Barabbas talks to the darkness. The novel starts with Jesus' crucifixion and ends with Barabbas' crucifixion in Rome.

Barabbas (disambiguation)

Barabbas was a biblical figure.

Barabbas may also refer to:

  • Barabbas (novel), a 1950 novel by the Nobel Prize-winning author Pär Lagerkvist
  • Barabbas (1953 film), a 1953 Swedish film
  • Barabbas (1961 film), a 1961 film based on the novel, starring Anthony Quinn
  • Barabbas (2012 film), a 2012 Italian film
  • Barabbas (play), a 1928 play by the avant-garde Belgian dramatist Michel de Ghelderode
  • Barabbas, A Dream of the Word's Tragedy, an 1893 novel by the Belgian writer Marie Corelli
Barabbas (1953 film)

Barabbas is a 1953 Swedish drama film directed by Alf Sjöberg. It is based on the novel Barabbas by Pär Lagerkvist. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.

Being one of the biggest Swedish productions of its time, it is today unknown to the big masses, both internationally and in its native Sweden. In 1961 an American adaptation of the same novel was released, starring Anthony Quinn in the leading part.

Barabbas (2012 film)

Barabbas is a 2012 American-Italian television movie directed by Roger Young.

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Even Sadik the Mouffetish--Sadik, who had four hundred women slaves dressed in purple and fine linen--Sadik, whose kitchen alone cost him sixty thousand pounds a year, the price of whose cigarette ash-trays was equal to the salary of an English consul--even Sadik, foster-brother, panderer, the Barabbas of his master, was silent and watchful to-day.