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Bible and Film: The Basics is a concise, accessible, and
illuminating introduction to the study of Bible and Film. The book
introduces non-specialists to the essential content in Bible and
Film, and to some of the most common and important methods Bible
and Film scholars use. Questions asked throughout the book include:
How do films (re)interpret and illuminate biblical texts? How do
films appropriate, reconfigure, and transform biblical texts? How
does a film's treatment of biblical texts help interpret and
illuminate the film? This book examines various types of interplay
between film and the Bible. The theme of 'Bible on film' is
explored through Hebrew Bible epics including The Prince of Egypt
and Noah, and Jesus films such as The Last Temptation of Christ and
Son of Man. The theme 'Bible in film' is analyzed through films
including Mary Magdalene, Magnolia, Pulp Fiction, and The Book of
Eli. Films that 'reimagine the Bible' include Ex Machina, mother!,
and The Tree of Life; unusual Jesus figures in Pan's Labyrinth,
Dogville, and Donnie Darko are also explored. 'Film as Bible'
considers films such as To the Wonder, Silence, and Parasite. A
conclusion examines television shows such as Dekalog, The West
Wing, The Handmaid's Tale, and God on Trial. With a glossary of key
terms and suggestions for further reading throughout, this book is
an ideal starting point for anyone seeking a full introduction to
religion and film, bible and film, bible and popular culture, and
theology and film.
Bible and Film: The Basics is a concise, accessible, and
illuminating introduction to the study of Bible and Film. The book
introduces non-specialists to the essential content in Bible and
Film, and to some of the most common and important methods Bible
and Film scholars use. Questions asked throughout the book include:
How do films (re)interpret and illuminate biblical texts? How do
films appropriate, reconfigure, and transform biblical texts? How
does a film's treatment of biblical texts help interpret and
illuminate the film? This book examines various types of interplay
between film and the Bible. The theme of 'Bible on film' is
explored through Hebrew Bible epics including The Prince of Egypt
and Noah, and Jesus films such as The Last Temptation of Christ and
Son of Man. The theme 'Bible in film' is analyzed through films
including Mary Magdalene, Magnolia, Pulp Fiction, and The Book of
Eli. Films that 'reimagine the Bible' include Ex Machina, mother!,
and The Tree of Life; unusual Jesus figures in Pan's Labyrinth,
Dogville, and Donnie Darko are also explored. 'Film as Bible'
considers films such as To the Wonder, Silence, and Parasite. A
conclusion examines television shows such as Dekalog, The West
Wing, The Handmaid's Tale, and God on Trial. With a glossary of key
terms and suggestions for further reading throughout, this book is
an ideal starting point for anyone seeking a full introduction to
religion and film, bible and film, bible and popular culture, and
theology and film.
The sacred ethos of the American Dream has become a central pillar
of American civil religion. The belief that meaning is fashioned
from some mixture of family, friends, a stable career, and
financial security permeates American culture. Profane Parables
examines three films that assault this venerated American myth.
Fight Club (1999), American Beauty (1999), and About Schmidt (2002)
indict the American Dream as a meaningless enterprise that is
existentially, ethically, and aesthetically bankrupt. In their
blistering critique of the hallowed wisdom of the American Dream,
these films function like Jesus' parables. As narratives of
disorientation, Jesus' parables upend conventional and cherished
worldviews. Author Matthew Rindge illustrates the religious
function of these films as parables of subversion that provoke
rather than comfort and disturb rather than stabilize. Ultimately,
Rindge considers how these parabolic films operate as sacred texts
in their own right.
Rindge reads Luke s parable of the Rich Fool (12:16 21) as a
sapiential narrative and situates this parable within a Second
Temple intertextual conversation on the interplay of death and
possessions. A rich analysis of Jewish (Qoheleth, Ben Sira, 1
Enoch, Testament of Abraham) and Greco-Roman (Lucian, Seneca) texts
reveals a web of disparate perspectives regarding how possessions
can be used meaningfully, given life s fragility and death s
inevitability and uncertain timing. Departing from standard
interpretations of Luke s parable as a simple critique of avarice,
Rindge explicates the multiple ways in which the parable and its
immediate literary context (12:13 34) appropriate, reconfigure, and
illustrate this contested conversation, and shows how these themes
are chosen and adapted for Luke s own existential, ethical, and
theological concerns.
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