UID:
almafu_9958353316702883
Format:
1 online resource (956p.)
ISBN:
9781614513261
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:
Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgements --
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Contents --
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List of Illustrations --
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List of Contributors --
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Abbreviations --
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General Introduction: The Bible --
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I. Biblical Characters and Stories (Hebrew Bible) --
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1. In the Beginning: Adam and Eve in Film --
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2. Noah and the Flood: A Cinematic Deluge --
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3. It’s All in the Family: The Patriarchs of Genesis in Film --
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4. The Cinematic Moses --
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5. Samson and Delilah in Film --
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6. There Might Be Giants: King David on the Big (and Small) Screen --
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7. Esther in Film --
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II. Film Genres and Styles --
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8. Scripture on Silent Film --
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9. Film Noir and the Bible --
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10. The Bible Epic --
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11. Western Text(s): The Bible and the Movies of the Wild, Wild West --
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12. Mysteries of the Bible (Documentary) Revealed: The Bible in Popular Non‐Fiction and Documentary Film --
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13. From Skepticism to Piety: The Bible and Horror Films --
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14. “Moses’ DVD Collection”: The Bible and Science Fiction Film --
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15. The Word Made Gag: Biblical Reception in Film Comedy --
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16. Drawing (on) the Text: Biblical Reception in Animated Films --
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17. Anime and the Bible --
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III. Biblical Themes and Genres --
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18. God at the Movies --
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19. Satan in Cinema --
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20. Creation and Origins in Film --
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21. The Book of Job in the Movies: On Cinema’s Exploration of Theodicy and the Hiddenness of God --
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22. Lament in Film and Film as Lament --
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23. What Lies Beyond? Biblical Images of Death and Afterlife in Film --
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24. This Is the End: Apocalyptic Moments in Cinema --
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IV. Biblical Characters and Stories (New Testament) --
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25. Jesus and the Gospels at the Movies --
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26. Women in the Cinematic Gospels --
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27. Judas as Portrayed in Film --
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28. Jews and Judaism in New Testament Films --
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29. Paul and the Early Church in Film --
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30. Mythic Relevance of Revelation in Film --
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V. Cinemas and Auteurs --
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31. David Wark Griffith: Filming the Bible as the U.S. Story --
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32 Alice Guy Blaché and Gene Gauntier: Bringing New Perspectives to Film --
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33. Oscar Micheaux’s Within Our Gates: Emergent History and a Gospel of Middle‐Class Liberation --
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34. Cecil B. DeMille: Hollywood’s Lay Preacher --
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35. Reframing Jesus: Dreyer’s Lifelong Passion --
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36. Luis Buñuel: Atheist by the Grace of God --
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37. Robert Bresson: Biblical Resonance from a Christian Atheist --
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38. Roberto Rossellini: From Spiritual Searcher to History’s Documentarian --
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39. Federico Fellini: From Catholicism to the Collective Unconscious --
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40. John Huston: The Atheistic Noah --
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41. Stanley Kubrick: Midrashic Movie Maker --
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42. In the Wake of the Bible: Krzysztof Kieślowski and the Residual Divine in Contemporary Life --
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43. Peter Weir: Man of Mystery, Mysticism, and the Mundane --
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44. Cheick Oumar Sissoko: West African Activist and Storyteller --
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45. Lee Chang-Dong: Exploring the Hidden Christ --
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46. Mark Dornford-May: Transposing the Classic --
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47. Serious Men: Scripture in the Coen Brothers Films --
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48. Liberative Visions: Biblical Reception in Third Cinema --
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49. The Reception of Biblical Films in India: Observations and a Case Study --
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50. “A Ram Butts His Broad Horns Again and Again against the Wall of the House”: The Binding Myth in Israeli Film --
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VI. Voices from the Margins --
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51. Judaism and Antisemitism in Bible Movies --
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52. Ethnicity and Biblical Reception in Eve and the Fire Horse --
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53. A Slave Narrative for the “Post-Racial” Obama Age --
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54. The Temptation of Noah: The Debate about Patriarchal Violence in Darren Aronofsky’s Noah --
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55. Gay Male Villains in Biblical Epic Films --
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56. Imperialism in New Testament Films --
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Film Index --
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Scripture Index --
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Subject Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-1-61451-561-6
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
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Theology
DOI:
10.1515/9781614513261
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614513261
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