1st Edition

Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films

Edited By Adele Reinhartz Copyright 2013
296 Pages
by Routledge

292 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction  1. Part One: Bible Films  2. Part Two: Bible-Related Films  Bibliography

Biography

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).