Lord of the Dance (hymn)
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"Lord of the Dance" is a hymn written by English songwriter Sydney Carter in 1963. The melody is from the American Shaker song "Simple Gifts" composed in 1848. The hymn is widely performed in English-
A statue of Nataraja (pictured), a form of the Hindu god Shiva, partially inspired the song.
Jewish deicide
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Jewish deicide is the theological position and the antisemitic trope that as a people, the Jews are collectively responsible for the killing of Jesus, even through the successive generations following
Lord of the Dance (hymn)
…t]he Holy People said it was a shame // they ripped me, stripped me, hung me high // Left me there on the cross to die", has been analysed as implying collective Jewish responsibility for the death of Jesus, although other interpreters do not identify the "Holy people" directly with Jews. Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick, on the album But Two Came By (1968…
Pilate Washes His Hands, James Tissot
14th century fresco depicting a Jew (as evidenced by his anachronistic hat) nailing Christ to a cross.