From Moses to DeMille: Adapting the Bible to the Big Screen

R. Ridinger
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Abstract The genre of historical and contemporary cinema, which takes as its source of plot and characters the Bible has long enjoyed a welcome from the viewing public (whether in theaters or streaming on the Internet). In both the silent and sound film eras, the “Biblical epic” offered a new channel for the communication of religious values and familiar scriptural tales to mass audiences. As research subjects they have been (and continue to be) explored by fields as diverse as film history, musicology, and traditional Biblical studies. This article reviews both the major Biblical films produced in both Europe and the United States during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and the research and reference works written about them.
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《从摩西到德米尔:将圣经搬上大银幕
摘要以《圣经》为情节和人物来源的历史和当代电影类型长期以来受到观众的欢迎(无论是在影院还是在互联网上播放)。在无声电影和有声电影时代,“圣经史诗”为向大众传播宗教价值观和熟悉的圣经故事提供了一个新的渠道。作为研究主题,电影史、音乐学和传统圣经研究等领域一直在(并将继续)探索它们。本文回顾了二十世纪和二十一世纪欧洲和美国制作的主要圣经电影,以及关于它们的研究和参考著作。
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Journal of Religious and Theological Information
Journal of Religious and Theological Information Arts and Humanities-Religious Studies
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Religious & Theological Information is an essential resource for bibliographers, librarians, and scholars interested in the literature of religion and theology. Both international and pluralistic in scope, this peer-reviewed journal encourages the publication of research and scholarship in the field of library and information studies as it relates to religious studies and related fields, including philosophy, ethnic studies, anthropology, sociology, and historical approaches to religion. By "information" we refer to both print and electronic, and both published and unpublished information.
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