Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films by Reinhartz, Adele

Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780415677196)

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Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films by Reinhartz, Adele

Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films

$36.95
Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films by Reinhartz, Adele

Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films

$36.95
Format: Paperback
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Movies which have drawn inspiration from the Bible, either directly or indirectly, have been extremely popular since the earliest days of cinema. Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films introduces a wide range of those movies, which are among the most important, critically-acclaimed and highest-grossing films of all time, including:

  • The King of Kings
  • Ben-Hur
  • The Passion of the Christ
  • Frankenstein
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Monty Python's Life of Brian.

Written by a team of international scholars, the fifty entries discuss the Biblical stories, characters or motifs depicted in each film making this book the ideal guide for anyone interested in the long-standing relationship between the Bible and film.



Author: Adele Reinhartz
ISBN-10: 041567719X
ISBN-13: 9780415677196
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 10/29/2012
Pages: 276
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
By Adele Reinhartz
By Adele Reinhartz
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Adele Reinhartz is Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa. She has authored a number of books on the Bible, including Befriending the Beloved Disciple: A Jewish Reading of the Gospel of John (2001) and Caiaphas the High Priest (2011), as well on the intersection of Bible and film, including Scripture on the Silver Screen (2003) and Jesus of Hollywood (2007).

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