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1 online resource (305 pages) |
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Routledge Key Guides |
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Routledge key guides.
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| Contents |
Cover; Bible and Cinema; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: ""Seeking a vision"": Bible movies as film genre; Part I The Bible on film; 2 ""As it has been written"": The Old Testament epics; 3 ""I have seen the Lord"": Jesus on the silver screen; 4 ""Make disciples of all nations"": Swords, sandals, and Christianity; 5 ""What would Jesus do?"": Epic and allegory; Part II The Bible in film; 6 ""Make them known to your children"": The Old Testament in modern guise; 7 ""One like a son of man"": Christ-figure films |
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8 ""Justice, justice you shall pursue"": Films and morality9 ""In those days"": Destruction and redemption; 10 Conclusion: ""My heart is glad, and my soul rejoices"": Cinema and transcendence; Bibliography; Index of ancient sources; Index of modern authors; Film index; Subject index |
| Summary |
This is a comprehensive introduction to the ways in which the Bible has been used and represented in mainstream cinema. Adele Reinhartz considers the pervasive use of the Bible in feature films, and the medium of film as part of the Bible's reception history. The book examines how films draw on the Old and New Testament and the figure of Jesus Christ in various direct and indirect ways to develop their plots, characters, and themes. As well as movies that set out explicitly to retell biblical stories in their ancient context, it explores the ways in which contemporary, fictional feature fil |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bible films -- History and criticism
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Motion pictures -- Religious aspects.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Bible films
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Motion pictures -- Religious aspects
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134627011 |
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1134627017 |
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9781136184000 |
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1136184007 |
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