Theological Anti-Semitism Still Pervades Iceland Lent Tradition
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Posted 02.27.2012
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In Iceland, for decades, the entire "Hymns of the Passion" by Hallgrimur Petursson has been broadcast annually by the State Broadcasting Service. We were shocked by the many blatantly anti-Semitic references that pervade Petursson's Hymns.