Format:
1 Online Ressource (XVIII, 921 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781614513261
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9781501500169
Series Statement:
Handbooks of the Bible and Its Reception (HBR) 2
Content:
This two-part volume contains a comprehensive collection of essays by well-known scholars focusing on the reception of the Bible in world cinema. It explores selected biblical characters and themes, directors whose work addresses biblical texts and motifs, particular interpretive lenses, a wide array of film genres, and a variety of world cinemas. It is intended for scholars of the Bible, religion, and film as well as for a general audience.
Note:
Part 1 - Part 2
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Frontmatter -- -- Acknowledgements -- -- Contents -- -- List of Illustrations -- -- List of Contributors -- -- Abbreviations -- -- General Introduction: The Bible -- -- I. Biblical Characters and Stories (Hebrew Bible) -- -- 1. In the Beginning: Adam and Eve in Film -- -- 2. Noah and the Flood: A Cinematic Deluge -- -- 3. It’s All in the Family: The Patriarchs of Genesis in Film -- -- 4. The Cinematic Moses -- -- 5. Samson and Delilah in Film -- -- 6. There Might Be Giants: King David on the Big (and Small) Screen -- -- 7. Esther in Film -- -- II. Film Genres and Styles -- -- 8. Scripture on Silent Film -- -- 9. Film Noir and the Bible -- -- 10. The Bible Epic -- -- 11. Western Text(s): The Bible and the Movies of the Wild, Wild West -- -- 12. Mysteries of the Bible (Documentary) Revealed: The Bible in Popular Non‐Fiction and Documentary Film -- -- 13. From Skepticism to Piety: The Bible and Horror Films -- -- 14. “Moses’ DVD Collection”: The Bible and Science Fiction Film -- -- 15. The Word Made Gag: Biblical Reception in Film Comedy -- -- 16. Drawing (on) the Text: Biblical Reception in Animated Films -- -- 17. Anime and the Bible -- -- III. Biblical Themes and Genres -- -- 18. God at the Movies -- -- 19. Satan in Cinema -- -- 20. Creation and Origins in Film -- -- 21. The Book of Job in the Movies: On Cinema’s Exploration of Theodicy and the Hiddenness of God -- -- 22. Lament in Film and Film as Lament -- -- 23. What Lies Beyond? Biblical Images of Death and Afterlife in Film -- -- 24. This Is the End: Apocalyptic Moments in Cinema -- -- IV. Biblical Characters and Stories (New Testament) -- -- 25. Jesus and the Gospels at the Movies -- -- 26. Women in the Cinematic Gospels -- -- 27. Judas as Portrayed in Film -- -- 28. Jews and Judaism in New Testament Films -- -- 29. Paul and the Early Church in Film -- -- 30. Mythic Relevance of Revelation in Film -- -- V. Cinemas and Auteurs -- -- 31. David Wark Griffith: Filming the Bible as the U.S. Story -- -- 32 Alice Guy Blaché and Gene Gauntier: Bringing New Perspectives to Film -- -- 33. Oscar Micheaux’s Within Our Gates: Emergent History and a Gospel of Middle‐Class Liberation -- -- 34. Cecil B. DeMille: Hollywood’s Lay Preacher -- -- 35. Reframing Jesus: Dreyer’s Lifelong Passion -- -- 36. Luis Buñuel: Atheist by the Grace of God -- -- 37. Robert Bresson: Biblical Resonance from a Christian Atheist -- -- 38. Roberto Rossellini: From Spiritual Searcher to History’s Documentarian -- -- 39. Federico Fellini: From Catholicism to the Collective Unconscious -- -- 40. John Huston: The Atheistic Noah -- -- 41. Stanley Kubrick: Midrashic Movie Maker -- -- 42. In the Wake of the Bible: Krzysztof Kieślowski and the Residual Divine in Contemporary Life -- -- 43. Peter Weir: Man of Mystery, Mysticism, and the Mundane -- -- 44. Cheick Oumar Sissoko: West African Activist and Storyteller -- -- 45. Lee Chang-Dong: Exploring the Hidden Christ -- -- 46. Mark Dornford-May: Transposing the Classic -- -- 47. Serious Men: Scripture in the Coen Brothers Films -- -- 48. Liberative Visions: Biblical Reception in Third Cinema -- -- 49. The Reception of Biblical Films in India: Observations and a Case Study -- -- 50. “A Ram Butts His Broad Horns Again and Again against the Wall of the House”: The Binding Myth in Israeli Film -- -- VI. Voices from the Margins -- -- 51. Judaism and Antisemitism in Bible Movies -- -- 52. Ethnicity and Biblical Reception in Eve and the Fire Horse -- -- 53. A Slave Narrative for the “Post-Racial” Obama Age -- -- 54. The Temptation of Noah: The Debate about Patriarchal Violence in Darren Aronofsky’s Noah -- -- 55. Gay Male Villains in Biblical Epic Films -- -- 56. Imperialism in New Testament Films -- -- Film Index -- -- Scripture Index -- -- Subject Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781614515616
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Bible in motion Berlin : de Gruyter, 2016 ISBN 9781614515616
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1614515611
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781614513261
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501500169
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-61451-561-6
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
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Theology
Keywords:
Bibel
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Film
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Verfilmung
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Rezeption
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Kultur
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Geschichte
DOI:
10.1515/9781614513261
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