Overview
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
- | Publisher: Routledge
- | Publication Date: Oct 29, 2012
- | Number of Pages: 292 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0415677203
- | ISBN-13: 9780415677202
