Title Movies and Midrash : popular film and Jewish religious conversation / Wendy I. Zierler ; foreword by Eugene B. Borowitz

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 309 pages) Contents Chapter 1. The Truman show: truth -- Chapter 2. Magnolia: confession and redemption -- Chapter 3. The descendants: birthright -- Chapter 4. Memento: memory -- Chapter 5. Crimes and misdemeanors: sin -- Chapter 6. Forrest gump: cleverness and simplicity -- Chapter 7. The King's speech: speaking God's word -- Chapter 8. Stranger than fiction: God as author -- Chapter 9. A serious man: parables of Jewishness -- Chapter 10. Exam: tests, trials, and attachments -- Chapter 11. The hunger games: in God's image -- Conclusion: Moonrise Kingdom: and the youth shall see visions Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 06, 2017) Subject Motion pictures -- Religious aspects -- Judaism. Motion pictures -- Moral and ethical aspects. PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference. Motion pictures -- Religious aspects -- Judaism Motion pictures -- Moral and ethical aspects Form Electronic book Author Borowitz, Eugene B., author of foreword LC no. 2016042266 ISBN 9781438466163 1438466161

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