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The Bible in Film -- The Bible and Film (2006) is a volume edited by J. Cheryl Exum.

Abstract

"Exploring the interface between the Bible and film offers exciting opportunities for both biblical scholars and moviegoers alike. The eleven contributors to this provocative and wide-ranging collection deal critically and creatively both with films about the Bible and biblical characters, including the recent controversial The Passion of the Christ, and with a wide range of contemporary films in which biblical themes play a significant, and sometimes surprising, role ... Biblical scholars and students are finding the role of the Bible in film an increasingly absorbing and rewarding topic. There are films that retell biblical narratives and there are films that allude to the Bible or otherwise build on or appropriate biblical themes and images. The eleven lively and provocative articles in this volume explore both types of film, showcasing the cinema's impact on the perception of the Bible in modern culture. Originally published as issue 1-2 of Volume 14 (2006) of Brill's journal Biblical Interpretation."--Publisher's description

Editions

Published in Leiden: Brill, 2006.

Contents

History and pseudo-history in the Jesus film genre / Adele Reinhartz -- Passion for (the) real? : The passion of the Christ and its critics / Caroline Vander Stichele and Todd Penner -- The Gospel according to Judas : myth and parable / Richard Walsh -- Mit "Esther" für Versöhnung streiten : zu Amos Gitais filmischer Aktualisierung der biblischen Erzählung / Reinhold Zwick -- Auf Leinwand gebannt : Judith im (Miss- ) Verständnis von Malerei und Film / Ulrike Vollmer -- The Wizard of Uz : Job, Dorothy, and the limits of the sbulime / Tod Linafelt -- A miserable feast : dishing up the Biblical body in The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover / Fiona C. Black -- Inherited crypts of the wife/mother : Ang Lee's Hulk meets Zechariah 5:5-11 in contemporary apocalyptic discourse / Erin Runions -- The possiblity of error : Minority report and the Gospel of Mark / George Aichele -- Warrior women of the Apocalypse : the role of the female in some apocalyptic films / Tina Pippin -- Angels in America and semiotic cocktails of sex, Bible and politics / Ela Nutu.

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