Joseph Josselyn remembers being fascinated by the 1977 drama “Jesus of Nazareth” — but as a deaf child, he had to rely on closed captions to catch the dialogue. “I had this thought: I wonder what it ...

It has always struck me as absurd that actors in English-language films set in other times or countries speak in accents. After all, the ancient Romans, Greeks, Israelites, Gaels or whatever other ...