The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film

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The Bible in Motion

A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film

Edited by: Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2016

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Volume 2 | Handbooks of the Bible and Its Reception (HBR)

About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch, Eastern University, St. Davids, PA, USA.

Reviews

"The volumes are an excellent point of departure and sure guide for all who want to enter and contribute to this fascinating field ofthe reception ofthe Bible."
Christoph Stenschke in: OTE 31/1 (2018), 280-287

"Resta-nos frisar a importância que esta publicação tem para o estudo da recepção da Bíblia na cultura contemporânea, mais especificamente no cinema, sendo que não temos dúvidas de que se constituirá como instrumento de trabalho essencial para quem de futuro desejar prosseguir estudos neste domínio."
Nuno Simões Rodrigues in: Cadmo. Revista de História Antiga 27 (2019), 282-283

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
List of Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	XI
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	XIII
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	XVII
General Introduction: The Bible Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
I. Biblical Characters and Stories (Hebrew Bible)
1. In the Beginning: Adam and Eve in Film Theresa Sanders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	17
2. Noah and the Flood: A Cinematic Deluge Anton Karl Kozlovic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	35
3. It’s All in the Family: The Patriarchs of Genesis in Film Peter T. Chattaway Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	51
4. The Cinematic Moses Jennifer L. Koosed Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	65
5. Samson and Delilah in Film J. Cheryl Exum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	83
6. There Might Be Giants: King David on the Big (and Small) Screen Matthew Page Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	101
7. Esther in Film Carl S. Ehrlich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	119
II. Film Genres and Styles
8. Scripture on Silent Film David J. Shepherd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	139
9. Film Noir and the Bible Robert Ellis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	161
10. The Bible Epic Adele Reinhartz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	175
11. Western Text(s): The Bible and the Movies of the Wild, Wild West Robert Paul Seesengood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	193
12. Mysteries of the Bible (Documentary) Revealed: The Bible in Popular Non‐Fiction and Documentary Film Robert Paul Seesengood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	209
13. From Skepticism to Piety: The Bible and Horror Films Mary Ann Beavis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	223
14. “Moses’ DVD Collection”: The Bible and Science Fiction Film Frauke Uhlenbruch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	237
15. The Word Made Gag: Biblical Reception in Film Comedy Terry Lindvall and Chris Lindvall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	253
16. Drawing (on) the Text: Biblical Reception in Animated Films R. Christopher Heard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	267
17. Anime and the Bible Fumi Ogura and N. Frances Hioki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	285
III. Biblical Themes and Genres
18. God at the Movies Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	299
19. Satan in Cinema Peter Malone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	327
20. Creation and Origins in Film Gaye Williams Ortiz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	341
21. The Book of Job in the Movies: On Cinema’s Exploration of Theodicy and the Hiddenness of God Reinhold Zwick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	355
22. Lament in Film and Film as Lament Matthew S. Rindge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	379
23. What Lies Beyond? Biblical Images of Death and Afterlife in Film Sandie Gravett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	391
24. This Is the End: Apocalyptic Moments in Cinema Tina Pippin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	405
IV. Biblical Characters and Stories (New Testament)
25. Jesus and the Gospels at the Movies W. Barnes Tatum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	419
26. Women in the Cinematic Gospels Catherine O’Brien Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	449
27. Judas as Portrayed in Film Carol A. Hebron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	463
28. Jews and Judaism in New Testament Films Clayton N. Jefford Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	483
29. Paul and the Early Church in Film Richard Walsh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	497
30. Mythic Relevance of Revelation in Film Meghan Alexander Beddingfield Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	517
V. Cinemas and Auteurs
31. David Wark Griffith: Filming the Bible as the U.S. Story Richard Walsh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	535
32 Alice Guy Blaché and Gene Gauntier: Bringing New Perspectives to Film Carol A. Hebron Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	543
33. Oscar Micheaux’s Within Our Gates: Emergent History and a Gospel of Middle‐Class Liberation Nathan Jumper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	557
34. Cecil B. DeMille: Hollywood’s Lay Preacher Anton Karl Kozlovic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	569
35. Reframing Jesus: Dreyer’s Lifelong Passion Caroline Vander Stichele Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	587
36. Luis Buñuel: Atheist by the Grace of God J. Sage Elwell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	599
37. Robert Bresson: Biblical Resonance from a Christian Atheist Sara Anson Vaux Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	609
38. Roberto Rossellini: From Spiritual Searcher to History’s Documentarian Matthew Page Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	623
39. Federico Fellini: From Catholicism to the Collective Unconscious Marie-Therese Mäder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	635
40. John Huston: The Atheistic Noah Gaye Williams Ortiz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	649
41. Stanley Kubrick: Midrashic Movie Maker Nathan Abrams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	663
42. In the Wake of the Bible: Krzysztof Kieślowski and the Residual Divine in Contemporary Life Joseph G. Kickasola Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	675
43. Peter Weir: Man of Mystery, Mysticism, and the Mundane Anton Karl Kozlovic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	691
44. Cheick Oumar Sissoko: West African Activist and Storyteller Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	701
45. Lee Chang-Dong: Exploring the Hidden Christ Fumi Ogura and N. Frances Hioki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	713
46. Mark Dornford-May: Transposing the Classic Samuel D. Giere Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	721
47. Serious Men: Scripture in the Coen Brothers Films J. R. Daniel Kirk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	729
48. Liberative Visions: Biblical Reception in Third Cinema Antonio D. Sison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	739
49. The Reception of Biblical Films in India: Observations and a Case Study Dwight H. Friesen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	751
50. “A Ram Butts His Broad Horns Again and Again against the Wall of the House”: The Binding Myth in Israeli Film Anat Y. Zanger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	763
VI. Voices from the Margins
51. Judaism and Antisemitism in Bible Movies Adele Reinhartz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	777
52. Ethnicity and Biblical Reception in Eve and the Fire Horse Stephenson Humphries-Brooks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	793
53. A Slave Narrative for the “Post-Racial” Obama Age Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	807
54. The Temptation of Noah: The Debate about Patriarchal Violence in Darren Aronofsky’s Noah Erin Runions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	825
55. Gay Male Villains in Biblical Epic Films Richard A. Lindsay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	843
56. Imperialism in New Testament Films Jeremy Punt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	853
Film Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	867
Scripture Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	899
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	909

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eBook published on:

September 12, 2016

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9781614513261

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September 12, 2016

Hardcover ISBN:

9781614515616

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34

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922

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614513261

eBook ISBN: 9781614513261

Hardcover ISBN: 9781614515616

Keywords for this book

Cinema; Biblical Studies; Reception History; Religion in Culture

Audience(s) for this book

Film Institutes and Archives

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