Jeffrey Staley, co-author of the indispensable "Jesus, the Gospels, and Cinematic Imagination: A Handbook to Jesus on DVD" has a new article out in the latest "Teaching the Bible ePub" from SBL. "The Crucifixion of Jesus in Films and in the Gospels" looks at how various films about Jesus portray the crucifixion and how that relates to what we know from the gospels and history. Like Staley's book, the paper is particularly interested in how Jesus films can be used in teaching contexts, and so fittingly he ends with a number of 'Questions for the Classroom'.Thanks to Mark Goodacre for mentioning this.
I wish I'd had this article on hand when I was writing my paper on Latin in pop culture last Easter - I had a whole section on the crucifixion that I had trouble finding resource for! :)
ReplyDeleteDo you have a link for that Juliette?
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I´ve just known your blog, Matt, and it´s wonderful! Thanks for this sound work. It´s gonna help me and other people to find good films about Jesus. Hugs from Brazil!
ReplyDeleteThanks Fernando. I hope you find it useful
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