Mayor Ernst Zwink of Oberammergau, site of the Passion Play presentation which has stirred international controversy for its version of the trial and crucifixion of Jesus, said here that the text of the play would be studied by a Catholic monastery for alleged anti-Semitic elements.
In his announcement, the Mayor said that Julius Cardinal Dopfner, Archbishop of Munich, had approved a proposal to have the century-old script studied at the nearby Ettal monastery. Mr. Zwink did not indicate whether any recommendations for changes emerging from the study would be incorporated in the script for 1970. The text in use is one written in 1860 by an Oberammergau priest, J.A. Daisenberger.
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