Boorer, Suzanne. The Vision of the Priestly Narrative: Its Genre and Hermeneutics of Time. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2016.
Brett, Mark G. "The Priestly Dissemination of Abraham." Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel 3:1 (2014) 87-107.
Bridge, Edward J. "An Audacious Request: Abraham's Dialogue with God in Genesis 18." Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 40:3 (2016) 281-96.
Finkelstein, Israel and Thomas Römer. "Comments on the Historical Background of the Abraham Narrative: Between 'Realia' and 'Exegetica.'" Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel 3:1 (2014) 3-23.
Hong, Koog-Pyoung. "Abraham, Genesis 20-22, and the Northern Elohist." Biblica 94:3 (2013) 321-39.
McEvenue, Sean E. "The Elohist at Work." Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft 96:3 (1984) 315-32.
Naʾaman, Nadav. "The Pre-Priestly Abraham Story as a Unified Exilic Work." Scandinavian Journal of Theology 29:2 (2015) 157-81.
Ska, Jean Louis. "Genesis 22: What Question Should We Ask the Text?" Biblica 94:2 (2013) 257-67.
Weisman, Zeev. "National Consciousness in the Patriarchal Promises." Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 31 (1985) 55-73.
Lilien, Ephraim Moses. Covenant of Abraham. 1907. Published in F. Rahlwes and E. M. Lilien, Die Bücher der Bibel (Berlin and Vienna: B. Harz, 1923).
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Finkelstein, Haim. "Lilien and Zionism." Assaph-B 3 (1998) 195-216.
Heyd, Milly. "Lilien and Beardsley: To the Pure All Things Are Pure." Journal of Jewish Art 7 (1980) 58-69.
Levussove, M. S. The Art of an Ancient People: The Work of Ephraim Moses Lilien. New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1906.
Mendes-Flohr, Paul. "Fin-de-Siècle Orientalism, the Ostjuden and the Aesthetics of Jewish Self-Affirmation." Studies in Contemporary Jewry 1 (1984) 96-139.
Swarts, Lynne. "Cultural Zionism, Gender and Orientalism: Ephraim Moses Lilien’s Bibelplan and its Biblical Heroines." In The Bible Retold by Jewish Artists, Writers, Composers and Filmmakers (ed. Helen Leneman and Barry Dov Walfish; The Bible in the Modern World 71; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2015) 186-211.
--------. "New Hebrews, New Women? Gender, Zionism and Orientalism in the Female Imagery of E. M. Lilien, 1890–1914." Ph.D. diss, University of Sydney, 2015.
The Call of Abraham (Gen 15; 17), Donald Jackson (2003)
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Jackson, Donald. The Call of Abraham (Gen 15; 17). 2003. Illuminated manuscript. The Saint John's Bible, St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA.
Chagall, Marc. Abraham and the Three Angels. 1966. Oil on canvas. 292 x 190 cm. Musée national Message Biblique Marc Chagall, Nice, France.
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Reid, Stephen Breck. "The Art of Marc Chagall: An Interpretation of Scripture." In Art as Religious Studies (ed. Doug Adams and Diane Apostolos-Cappadona; New York: Crossroad, 1987) 70-80.
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Lewis, Michael J. "Whatever Happened to Marc Chagall?" Commentary126:3 (2008) 36-41.
Jeffrey, David L. "Meditation and Atonement in the Art of Marc Chagall." Religion and the Arts 16:3 (2012) 211-230.
Werner, Alfred. "Marc Chagall and His Bible Illustrations." The Reconstructionist 23:10 (1957) 6-14.
Dura Europos, Sacrifice of Isaac (200s CE)
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Goodenough, Erwin Ramsdell. "The Paintings of the Dura-Europos Synagogue: Method and an Application." Israel Exploration Journal 8:2 (1958) 69-79.
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Gutmann, Joseph. "The Sacrifice of Isaac: Variations on a Theme in Early Jewish and Christian Art." Thiasos t?n Mous?n: Studien zu Antike und Christentum: Festschrift für Josef Fink (ed. D. Ahrens; Cologne: Böhlau, 1984) 115-122.
General Resources on the Paintings in the Dura Europos Synagogue
Bickerman, Elias Joseph. "Symbolism in the Dura Synagogue." Harvard Theological Review 58 (1965) 127-151.
Fine, Steven. "Liturgy and the Art of the Dura Europos Synagogue." In Liturgy in the Life of the Synagogue: Studies in the History of Jewish Prayer (ed. Ruth Langer and Steven Fine; Duke Judaic Studies 2; Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2005) 41-71.
--------. "Liturgy and the Remains of the Dura Europos Synagogue: How Did It Function as a Religious Venue?" Journal of Synagogue Music 37 (2012) 20-48.
Fischer, James A. "Synagogue Paintings of Dura-Europos." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 17:2 (1955) 189-195.
Gates, Marie-Henriette Carre. "Dura-Europos: A Fortress of Syro-Mesopotamian Art." The Biblical Archaeologist 47:3, Sept. 1984) 166-181.
Goldstein, Jonathan A. "The Central Composition of the West Wall of the Synagogue of Dura-Europos." The Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society 16-17 (1984) 99-142.
--------. "The Judaism of the Synagogues (with a Focus on Dura-Europos)." In Judaism in Late Antiquity, Part 2, Historical Syntheses (ed. Jacob Neusner; Handbook of Oriental Studies, Section 1, The Near and Middle East; Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1995) 109-157.
Gutmann, Joseph. The Dura-Europas Synagogue: A Re-Evaluation (1932-1992), South Florida Studies in the History of Judaism 25. Tampa: University of South Florida Press, 1973.
--------. "The Dura Europos Synagogue Paintings: The State of Research." In The Synagogue in Late Antiquity (ed. Lee A. Levine; Winona Lake, Indiana: American Schools of Oriental Research/Eisenbrauns, 1987) 61-72.
--------. "The Synagogue at Dura-Europos: A Critical Analysis." In Evolution of the Synagogue: Problems and Progress (ed. Howard Clark Kee adn Lynn H Cohick; New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 1999) 73-88.
Hachlili, Rachel. "The Dura-Europos Synagogue Wall Paintings: A Question of Origin and Interpretation." In "Follow the Wise": Studies in Jewish History and Culture in Honor of Lee I. Levine (ed. Zeev Weiss; Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2010) 403-420.
Laderman, Shula. "A New Look at the Second Register of the West Wall in Dura Europos." Cahiers Archeologiques 45 (1997) 5-18.
Moon, Warren G. "Nudity and Narrative: Observations on the Frescoes from the Dura Synagogue." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 60 (1992) 587-658.
Nock, Arthur Darby. "Synagogue Murals of Dura-Europos." In Harry Austryn Wolfson, Jubilee Volume on the Occasion of His Seventy-Fifth Birthday (Jerusalem: American Academy of Jewish Research, 1965) 631-639.
Post, Paulus Gijsbertus Johannes. "Dura Europos Revisited: Rediscovering Sacred Space." Worship 86:3 (2012) 222-244.
Schenk, Kära. "Temple, Community, and Sacred Narrative in the Dura-Europos Synagogue." AJS Review 34:2 (2010) 195-229.
Sonne, Isaiah. "The Paintings of the Dura Synagogue." Hebrew Union College Annual 20 (1947) 255-362.
Stern, Karen B. "Mapping Devotion in Roman Dura Europos: A Reconsideration of the Synagogue Ceiling." American Journal of Archaeology 114:3 (2010) 473-504.
Weisman, Stefanie. "Militarism in the Wall Paintings of the Dura-Europos Synagogue: A New Perspective on Jewish Life on the Roman Frontier." Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 30:3 (2012) 1-34.
Wharton, Annabel Jane. "Good and Bad Images from the Synagogue of Dura Europos: Contexts, Subtexts, Intertexts." Art History 17 (1994) 1-25.
Wischnitzer, Rachel Bernstein. "Closed Temple Panel in the Synagogue of Dura-Europos." Journal of the American Oriental Society 91 (1971) 367-378.
--------. "Paintings of the Synagogue at Dura-Europos." Gazette Des Beaux Arts (1948) 261-266.
Sacrifice of Isaac, Rembrandt van Rijn (1634)
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van Rijn, Rembrandt. Sacrifice of Isaac. 1635. Oil on Canvas. 193 x 132 cm. The New Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Ackley, Clifford S. "Rembrandt as Actor and Dramatist: Gesture and Body Language in the Biblical Etchings." Apollo: The International Magazine for Collectors 157 (May 2003) 34-8.
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Jaffé, Michael. "Abraham's Sacrifice: A Rembrandt of the 1660s." Artibus et Historiae 15:30 (1994) 193-210.
Jasper, David. "'The Old Man Would Not So, But Slew His Son': A Theological Meditation on Representations of the Sacrifice of Isaac." Religion and Literature 25:2 (1993) 122-30.
Reiss, Moshe. "Abraham's Moment of Decision: According to Levinas and Rembrandt." Jewish Bible Quarterly 35:1 (2007) 56-9.
Smith, David R. "Towards a Protestant Aesthetics: Rembrandt's 1655 Sacrifice of Isaac." Art History 8:3 (1985) 290-302.
The Sacrifice of Isaac,Abel Pann (1923–1950)
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Feldman, Yael S. "Deliverance Denied: Isaac's Sacrifice in Israeli Arts and Culture: A Jewish-Christian Exchange?" In The Bible Retold by Jewish Artists, Writers, Composers and Filmmakers (ed. Helen Leneman and Barry Dov Walfish; The Bible in the Modern World 71; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2015) 86-120.
Veggie Tales: Abe and the Amazing Promise, dir. John Wahba (2009)
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VeggieTales: Abe and the Amazing Promise. Produced by J. Chris Wall; directed by John Wahba. 52 min. Big Idea Entertainment, 2009. [format you watched it in: e.g., DVD, Netflix].
Moore, Russell D. "The Gospel's Bigger Idea." Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity 21:8 (2008) 18-21.
Religion News Service. "NBC Said to Ease up on Veggie Tales Edits." Christian Century 123:25 (December 12, 2006) 15.
Vischer, Phil. Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story about Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2006.
Warren, Hillary. "The Bible Tells Me So: Depictions of Race, Gender, and Authority in Children's Videos." Journal of Media and Religion 1:3 (2002) 167-79.
--------. There's Never Been a Show Like Veggie Tales: Sacred Messages in a Sacred Market. Lanham, Maryland: AltaMira, 2005.
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McCormick, Moira. "Lyrick's 'VeggieTales' Digs into Mainstream Kids' Market." Billboard 111:30 (July 24, 1999) 67. 1/2 p.
Young Abraham: From the Ancient Stories of the Israelites, dir. Todd Shaffer (2011)
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Young Abraham: From the Ancient Stories of the Israelites. Produced by Oliver Cohen, Moshe Dayan, Sydney Elhadad and Ron Mezey; directed by Todd Shaffer. 52 min. Big Bang Digital Studios, 2011. [format you watched it in: e.g., DVD, Netflix].
Warren, Hillary. "The Bible Tells Me So: Depictions of Race, Gender, and Authority in Children's Videos." Journal of Media and Religion 1:3 (2002) 167-79.
The Bible: In the Beginning, dir. John Huston (1966)
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The Bible: In the Beginning. Produced by Dino De Laurentiis; directed by Juhn Huston. 174 min. Twentieth Century Fox, 1966. [format you watched it in: e.g., DVD, Netflix].
Chattaway, Peter T. "It's All in the Family: The Patriarchs of Genesis in Film." In The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film (ed. Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch; Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2016) 51-64.
Hall, Sheldon and Steve Neale. "Roadshows, Showcases, and Runaways, 1956–1970." In Epics, Spectacles and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Television Series; Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2010).
Kozlovic, Anton Karl. "Holy Writ and Hollywood: Six Heuristic Categories of Scripture-Quoting within the Popular Cinema." Journal of Media and Religion 12 (2013) 71-85.
Scott, Bernard Brandon. Hollywood Dreams and Biblical Stories. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1994.
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Crowther, Bosley. "The Screen: 'The Bible' According to John Huston Has Premiere: Director Plays Noah in Film at Loew's State Fry's Script is Limited to Part of Genesis." The New York Times (19 September 1966). Online, http://www.nytimes.com/
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/review?res=9D0DEFDC173CE43BBC4151DFBF66838D679EDE, accessed 8 October 2016.
"Review: 'The Bible—In the Beginning....'" Variety (31 December 1965). Online, http://variety.com/1965/film/reviews/the-bible-in-the-beginning-1200421018/, accessed 8 October 2016.
Abraham, dir. Joseph Sargent (1993)
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Abraham Produced by Lorenzo Minoli; directed by Joseph Sargent. 175 min. Five Mile River Films, 1993. [format you watched it in: e.g., DVD, Netflix.]
Bach, Alice. Biblical Glamour and Hollywood Glitz. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996.
Exum, J. Cheryl. Retellings: The Bible in Literature, Music, Art and Film. Boston: Brill, 2007.
Exum, J. Cheryl, ed. The Bible in Film—the Bible and Film. Boston: Brill, 2006.
Lyden, John, ed. The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film. New York: Routledge, 2009.
Reinhartz, Adele. Bible and Cinema: An Introduction. New York: Routledge, 2013.
In the Beginning, dir. Kevin Connor (2000)
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In the Beginning. Produced by Robert Halmi, Jr., David V. Picker and Paul Lowin; directed by Kevin Connor. 189 min. Hallmark Entertainment, 1994. [format you watched it in: e.g., DVD, Netflix].
Covenant of Abraham, Ephraim Moses Lilien (1908)
Dura Europos, Sacrifice of Isaac (200s CE)
The Sacrifice of Isaac,Abel Pann (1923–1950)