Guide
The Bible in Motion
Handbooks of the Bible and Its Reception
Volume 2
ISBN 978-1-61451-561-6
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Acknowledgements
First and foremost, I wish to acknowledge the authors who so generously contributed their time and expertise to provide essays for these volumes. I also wish to thank to staff at De Gruyter Press especially Alissa Jones Nelson, Albrecht Doehnert, Sophie Wagenhofer, and Sabina Dabrowski for their expert guidance in bringing this project to fruition. Thanks also to Eric Ziolkowski for responding to countless emails with spot-on advice and encouragement.
Gratitude must also be expressed to my former colleagues at Greensboro College, where this project began, and to my current colleagues at Eastern University for embracing me and my research interests. Students have provided insightful feedback in my film courses at both institutions. Among my colleagues, I must make special mention of my dear friend Barnes Tatum, who first introduced me to the academic study of Bible and film and with whom I have shared many invaluable conversations, milkshakes, and French fries over the years.
Finally, special acknowledgement goes to my family: my late father Bob Burnette, who loved movies, and my mother Betty Parrott Burnette, who worries that I will go blind from staring at my laptop screen; my husband John Bletsch, who is always prouder of my work than I am; and my boys, Jonah, Ethan, and Daniel, who enrich my life beyond measure.
List of Illustrations
List of Contributors
Nathan Abrams (Part 2)
Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
Wales, United Kingdom
Lloyd Baugh (Part 2)
Pontificia Universita Gregoriana (retired)
Rome, Italy
Mary Ann Beavis (Part 1)
Professor of Religion and Culture, St. Thomas More College
Saskatoon, Canada
Meghan Alexander Beddingfield (Part 2)
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, N.J., United States
Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch (Parts 1 and 2)
Professor of Biblical Studies, Eastern University
St. Davids, Penn., United States
Peter T. Chattaway (Part 1)
Freelance Writer and Film Critic
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Carl S. Ehrlich (Part 1)
Professor of Humanities and Director of the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish
Studies, York University
Toronto, Canada
Robert Ellis (Part 1)
Principal of Regents Park College Oxford and member of the Faculty of Theology and
Religion, University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
J. Sage Elwell (Part 2)
Associate Professor of Religion and Art, Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Tex., United States
J. Cheryl Exum (Part 1)
Professor Emerita of Biblical Studies, University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Dwight H. Friesen (Part 2)
Independent Scholar
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Samuel D. Giere (Part 2)
Associate Professor of Homiletics and Biblical Interpretation, Wartburg Theological Seminary
Dubuque, Iowa, United States
Sandie Gravett (Part 1)
Professor of Religious Studies, Appalachian State University
Boone, N.C., United States
R. Christopher Heard (Part 1)
Associate Professor of Religion, Pepperdine University
Malibu, Calif., United States
Carol A. Hebron (Part 2)
Lecturer, Charles Sturt University School of Theology
Brisbane, Australia
N. Frances Hioki (Parts 1 and 2)
Research Associate, Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
Nagoya, Japan
Stephenson Humphries-Brooks (Part 2)
Professor and Chair of Religious Studies, Hamilton College
Clinton, N.Y., United States
Clayton N. Jefford (Part 2)
Professor of Scripture, Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology
St. Meinrad, Ind., United States
Nathan Jumper (Part 2)
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, N.J., United States
Joseph G. Kickasola (Part 2)
Professor of Film and Digital Media, Baylor University
Waco, Tex., United States
J. R. Daniel Kirk (Part 2)
Associate Professor of New Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, Calif., United States
Jennifer L. Koosed (Part 1)
Professor of Religious Studies, Albright College
Reading, Penn., United States
Anton Karl Kozlovic (Parts 1 and 2)
Research Associate, Flinders University and Deakin University
Adelaide and Melbourne Burwood, Australia
Richard A. Lindsay (Part 2)
Instructor of Communication, University of Louisiana-Lafayette
Lafayette, La., United States
Chris Lindvall (Part 1)
Associate Writer for Walt Disney
Hollywood, Calif., United States
Terry Lindvall (Part 1)
C. S. Lewis Endowed Chair of Communication and Christian Thought, Virginia Wesleyan College
Norfolk, Virg., United States
Marie-Therese Mder (Part 2)
Research and Teaching Associate, University of Zurich
Zrich, Switzerland
Peter Malone (Part 1)
Film Reviewer, SIGNIS, World Catholic Association for Communication
Melbourne, Australia
Catherine OBrien (Part 2)
Senior Lecturer of Film Studies and French, Kingston University
London, United Kingdom
Fumi Ogura (Parts 1 and 2)
Assistant Professor of Media Theories and Production, Aichi Shukutoku University
Nagoya, Japan
Gaye Williams Ortiz (Parts 1 and 2)
Independent Scholar
Augusta, Ga., United States
Matthew Page (Parts 1 and 2)
Independent Scholar
Loughborough, United Kingdom
Tina Pippin (Part 1)
Wallace M. Alston Professor of Bible and Religion, Agnes Scott College
Decatur, Ga., United States
Jeremy Punt (Part 2)
Professor of New Testament, Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Adele Reinhartz (Parts 1 and 2)
Professor of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Matthew S. Rindge (Part 1)
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Gonzaga University
Spokane, Wash., United States
Erin Runions (Part 2)
Associate Professor and Chair of Religious Studies and Affiliate Faculty of Gender and Womens Studies, Pomona College
Claremont, Calif., United States
Theresa Sanders (Part 1)
Associate Professor of Theology, Georgetown University
Washington, D.C., United States
Robert Paul Seesengood (Part 1)
Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Chair of Classical Languages, Albright College
Reading, Penn., United States
David J. Shepherd (Part 1)
Lecturer of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Trinity College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Antonio D. Sison (Part 2)
Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology and Chair of the Historical and Doctrinal Studies
Department, Catholic Theological Union