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The Bible in motion : a handbook of the Bible and its reception in film. Part 1 / edited by Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Handbooks of the Bible and its reception ; volume 2.Publisher: Berlin : De Gruyter, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 921 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781614513261
  • 1614513260
  • 9781614513292
  • 1614513295
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Bible in motion. Part 1.DDC classification:
  • 791.43/63822 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.B53 B53 2016
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • BC 6220
Online resources:
Contents:
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
Summary: This two-part volume contains a comprehensive collection of original studies by well-known scholars focusing on the Bible's wide-ranging reception in world cinema. It is organized into sections examining the rich cinematic afterlives of selected characters from the Hebrew Bible and New Testament; considering issues of biblical reception across a wide array of film genres, ranging from noir to anime; featuring directors, from Lee Chang-dong to the Coen brothers, whose body of work reveals an enduring fascination with biblical texts and motifs; and offering topical essays on cinema's treatment of selected biblical themes (e.g., lament, apocalyptic), particular interpretive lenses (e.g., feminist interpretation, queer theory), and windows into biblical reception in a variety of world cinemas (e.g., Indian, Israeli, and Third Cinema). This handbook is intended for scholars of the Bible, religion, and film as well as for a wider general audience.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 5, 2017).

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and indexes.

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

This two-part volume contains a comprehensive collection of original studies by well-known scholars focusing on the Bible's wide-ranging reception in world cinema. It is organized into sections examining the rich cinematic afterlives of selected characters from the Hebrew Bible and New Testament; considering issues of biblical reception across a wide array of film genres, ranging from noir to anime; featuring directors, from Lee Chang-dong to the Coen brothers, whose body of work reveals an enduring fascination with biblical texts and motifs; and offering topical essays on cinema's treatment of selected biblical themes (e.g., lament, apocalyptic), particular interpretive lenses (e.g., feminist interpretation, queer theory), and windows into biblical reception in a variety of world cinemas (e.g., Indian, Israeli, and Third Cinema). This handbook is intended for scholars of the Bible, religion, and film as well as for a wider general audience.

In English.