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Between the advent of motion pictures in the 1890s and the close of
the 'silent' era at the end of the 1920s, many of the longest, most
expensive and most watched films on both sides of the Atlantic drew
upon biblical traditions. David J. Shepherd traces the evolution of
the biblical film through the silent era, asking why the Bible
attracted early film makers, how biblical films were indebted to
other interpretive traditions, and how these films were received.
Drawing upon rarely seen archival footage and early landmark films
of directors such as Louis Feuillade, D. W. Griffith, Michael
Curtis and Cecil B. DeMille, this history treats well-known
biblical subjects including Joseph, Moses, David and Jesus, along
with lesser-known biblical stars such as Jael, Judith and
Jephthah's daughter. This book will be of great interest to
students of Biblical studies, Jewish studies and film studies.
This volume offers an examination of Brecht's largely forgotten
theatrical fragments of a life of David, written just after the
Great War but prior to Brecht winning the Kleist Prize in 1922 and
the acclaim that would launch his extraordinary career. David J.
Shepherd and Nicholas E. Johnson take as their starting point
Brecht's own diaries from the time, which offer a vivid picture of
the young Brecht shuttling between Munich and the family home in
Augsburg, surrounded by friends, torn between women, desperate for
success, and all the while with 'David on the brain'. The analysis
of Brecht's David, along with his notebooks and diaries, reveals
significant connections between the reception of the Biblical David
and one of Germany's most tumultuous cultural periods. Drawing on
theatrical experiments conducted with an ensemble from Trinity
College Dublin, this volume includes the first ever translation of
the David fragments in English, an extensive discussion of the
theatrical afterlife of David in the early twentieth century as
well as new interdisciplinary insights into the early Brecht: a
writer entranced by the biblical David and utterly committed to
translating the biblical tradition into his own evolving theatrical
idiom.
This volume offers an examination of Brecht's largely forgotten
theatrical fragments of a life of David, written just after the
Great War but prior to Brecht winning the Kleist Prize in 1922 and
the acclaim that would launch his extraordinary career. David J.
Shepherd and Nicholas E. Johnson take as their starting point
Brecht's own diaries from the time, which offer a vivid picture of
the young Brecht shuttling between Munich and the family home in
Augsburg, surrounded by friends, torn between women, desperate for
success, and all the while with 'David on the brain'. The analysis
of Brecht's David, along with his notebooks and diaries, reveals
significant connections between the reception of the Biblical David
and one of Germany's most tumultuous cultural periods. Drawing on
theatrical experiments conducted with an ensemble from Trinity
College Dublin, this volume includes the first ever translation of
the David fragments in English, an extensive discussion of the
theatrical afterlife of David in the early twentieth century as
well as new interdisciplinary insights into the early Brecht: a
writer entranced by the biblical David and utterly committed to
translating the biblical tradition into his own evolving theatrical
idiom.
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Ezra and Nehemiah (Paperback)
David J. Shepherd, Christopher J.H. Wright
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R777
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Discovery Miles 6 410
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Two features especially distinguish the Two Horizons Old Testament
Commentary series: theological exegesis and theological reflection.
Both of these features are fully realized in this THOTC volume on
Ezra and Nehemiah by David J. Shepherd and Christopher J. H.
Wright. Following an introduction and concise, verse-by-verse
commentary on both books, Shepherd and Wright highlight key ways in
which these Old Testament texts continue to speak to us today. They
closely examine what Ezra and Nehemiah tell us about God and the
people of Israel, reflect practically on leadership, and engage
critically with those portions of the text (such as Ezra's
dissolution of the Judeans' marriages with foreigners) that present
special problems for contemporary readers. Offering deep
theological insight throughout, this volume will prove essential
for students, pastors, and other Christian leaders seeking to
engage in theological interpretation of Scripture.
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