Screening scripture : intertextual connections between scripture and film / edited by George Aichele and Richard Walsh.

Other author Aichele, George.
Other author Walsh, Richard G., 1955-
Format Book
Publication InfoHarrisburg, Pa. : Trinity Press International, ©2002.
Descriptionxvi, 335 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents 1. On finding a non-American revelation : end of days and the Book of Revelation / Richard Walsh -- 2. Of Gods and demons : blood sacrifice and eternal life in Dracula and the Apocalypse of John / Tina Pippin -- 3. Atomic anxiety in Cold War Britain : science, sin and uncertainty in nuclear monster films / Neal R. McCrillis -- 4. Alienation, sex, and an unsatisfactory ending : themes and features of stories old and new / Ralph J. Brabban -- 5. Coming-of-age in The Prince of Egypt / Jennifer Rohrer-Walsh -- 6. Sitcom mythology / George Aichele -- 7. Non-sense : total recall, Paul and the possibility of psychosis / Roland Boer -- 8. Gazing at impotence in Henry King's David and Bathsheba / Julie Kelso -- 9. Why girls cry : gender, melancholia, and sexual violence in Ezekiel 16 and Boys don't cry / Erin Runions -- 10. Meeting Patch again for the first time : purity and compassion in Marcus Borg, the Gospel of Mark, and Patch Adams / Jeffrey L. Staley -- 11. Learning from the Life of Brian : saviors for seminars / Carl Dyke -- 12. The characterization of Martin Riggs in Lethal weapon 1 : an archetypal hero / Fred Burnett -- 13. Paradoxical protagonists : Sling blade's Karl and Jesus Christ / Mark Roncace.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 305-321) and indexes.
LCCN 2001008555
ISBN1563383543 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PN1995.5 .S35 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold