Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films

Book 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041567719X
• ISBN13: 9780415677196
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"