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Biblical scholars and students are finding the role of the Bible in film an increasingly absorbing and rewarding topic. There are films that retell biblical narratives and there are films that allude to the Bible or otherwise build on or appropriate biblical themes and images. The eleven lively and provocative articles in this volume explore both types of film, showcasing the cinema's impact on the perception of the Bible in modern culture.
Originally published as issue 1-2 of Volume 14 (2006) of Brill's journal Biblical Interpretation. For more details on this journal, please click here.
Originally published as issue 1-2 of Volume 14 (2006) of Brill's journal Biblical Interpretation. For more details on this journal, please click here.
Price: $149.00
Pages: 192
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
27 March 2006
ISBN: 9789004151901
Format: Paperback
"... the reader is richly rewarded by reading and re-reading these essays. [..] Hopefully these essays will encourage readers to initiate their own conversations between bibles and film." – Michael Carden, in: The Bible and Critical Theory, 2007
J. Cheryl Exum is Professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield. She is the Executive Editor of Biblical Interpretation and a Director of Sheffield Phoenix Press. The author of numerous scholarly works on the Hebrew Bible, her books include Tragedy and Biblical Narrative: Arrows of the Almighty, Fragmented Women: Feminist (Sub)versions of Biblical Narratives, Plotted, Shot, and Painted: Cultural Representations of Biblical Women, Was sagt das Richterbuch den Frauen?, and, most recently, The Song of Songs: A Commentary. She is currently writing a book entitled Cultural Industry: The Bible and the Arts.