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This collection of essays by biblical scholars is the first
book-length treatment of the 2014 film Noah, directed by Darren
Aronofsky. The film has proved to be of great interest to scholars
working on the interface between the Bible and popular culture, not
only because it was heralded as the first of a new generation of
biblical blockbusters, but also because of its bold, provocative,
and yet unusually nuanced approach to the interpretation and use of
the Noah tradition, in both its biblical and extra-biblical forms.
The book's chapters, written by both well-established and
up-and-coming scholars, engage with and analyze a broad range of
issues raised by the film, including: its employment and
interpretation of the ancient Noah traditions; its engagement with
contemporary environmental themes and representation of non-human
animals; its place within the history of cinematic depictions of
the flood, status as an 'epic', and associated relationship to
spectacle; the theological implications of its representation of a
hidden and silent Creator and responses to perceived revelation;
the controversies surrounding its reception among religious
audiences, especially in the Muslim world; and the nature and
implications of its convoluted racial and gender politics. Noah as
Antihero will be of considerable interest to scholars conducting
research in the areas of religion and film, contemporary
hermeneutics, reception history, religion and popular culture,
feminist criticism, and ecological ethics.
This collection of essays by biblical scholars is the first
book-length treatment of the 2014 film Noah, directed by Darren
Aronofsky. The film has proved to be of great interest to scholars
working on the interface between the Bible and popular culture, not
only because it was heralded as the first of a new generation of
biblical blockbusters, but also because of its bold, provocative,
and yet unusually nuanced approach to the interpretation and use of
the Noah tradition, in both its biblical and extra-biblical forms.
The book's chapters, written by both well-established and
up-and-coming scholars, engage with and analyze a broad range of
issues raised by the film, including: its employment and
interpretation of the ancient Noah traditions; its engagement with
contemporary environmental themes and representation of non-human
animals; its place within the history of cinematic depictions of
the flood, status as an 'epic', and associated relationship to
spectacle; the theological implications of its representation of a
hidden and silent Creator and responses to perceived revelation;
the controversies surrounding its reception among religious
audiences, especially in the Muslim world; and the nature and
implications of its convoluted racial and gender politics. Noah as
Antihero will be of considerable interest to scholars conducting
research in the areas of religion and film, contemporary
hermeneutics, reception history, religion and popular culture,
feminist criticism, and ecological ethics.
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