King of Kings: A Silver Screen Gospel

by Douglas K. Mikkelson and Amy C. Gregg

The 1961 film "King of Kings" ranks among the most popular "Jesus movies" ever made. However, the film inevitably leads viewers to ask, "Is that in the Bible, or did they make that up, or what?" "King of Kings: " A Silver Screen Gospel attempts to answer these questions. Mikkelson & Gregg place the film in the gospel genre and argue that it is a form of "silver screen gospel." Provided is a scene-by-scene summary of and commentary on the movie...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761820469
• ISBN13: 9780761820468
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 232 Pages