Brown, Raymond E. The Death of the Messiah: From Gethsemane to the Grave, 2 vols., Anchor Yale Bible Commentary. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1998.
Matthew
Albright, W. F. and C. S. Mann. Matthew, Anchor Bible 26. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1971.
Brumberg-Kraus, Jonathan D. "'Not by Bread Alone…': The Ritualization of Food and Table Talk in the Passover Seder and in the Last Supper." Semeia 86 (1999) 165-91.
Kobayashi, Nobuo. "The Meaning of Jesus' Death in the 'Last Supper' Traditions. Toronto Journal of Theology 8:1 (1992) 95-105.
Laufer, Catherine. "The Farewell Discourse in John's Gospel as a Commentary on the Seder Service." Colloquium 27:2 (1995) 147-60.
Marcus, Joel. "Passover and Last Supper Revisited." New Testament Studies 59:3 (2013) 303-324.
Moffitt, David M. "Righteous Bloodshed, Matthew's Passion Narrative, and the Temple's Destruction: Lamentations as a Matthean Intertext." Journal of Biblical Literature 125:2 (2006) 299-320.
Sabbe, Maurice. "The Footwashing in Jn 13 and Its Relation to the Synoptic Gospels." Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses 58:4 (1982) 279-308.
Sellew, Philip. "The Last Supper Discourse in Luke 22:21-38." Forum 3:3 (1987) 70-95.
White, John L. "Beware of Leavened Break: Markan Imagery in the Last Supper." Forum 3:4 (1987) 49-63.
Gethsemane (Agony in the Garden)
Barbour, Robert S. "Gethsemane in the Tradition of the Passion." New Testament Studies 16:3 (1970) 231-51.
Ehrman, Bart D. and Mark A. Plunkett. "The Angel and the Agony: The Textual Problem of Luke 22:43-44." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 45:3 (1983) 401-416.
Green, Joel B. "Jesus on the Mount of Olives (Luke 22:39-46): Tradition and Theology." Journal for the Study of the New Testament 26 (1986) 29-48.
Hicks, Richard. "'Emotional' Temptation and Jesus' Spiritual Victory at Markan Gethsemane." Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research 5 (2013) 29-48.
Huizenga, Leroy Andrew. "Obedience unto Death: The Matthean Gethsemane and Arrest Sequence and the Aqedah." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 71:3 (2009) 507-526.
Kiley, Mark Christopher. "'Lord, Save My Life' (Ps 116:4) as Generative Text for Jesus' Gethsemane Prayer (Mark 14:36a)." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 48:4 (1986) 655-9.
Ruprecht, Louis A., Jr. "Mark's Tragic Vision: Gethsemane." Religion and Literature 24:3 (1992) 1-25.
Arrest
Cunningham, Philip A. "The Arrest and Sentencing of Jesus: A Historical Reconstruction." The Journal of Religion and Film 8:1 (2004).
Huizenga, Leroy Andrew. "Obedience unto Death: The Matthean Gethsemane and Arrest Sequence and the Aqedah." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 71:3 (2009) 507-526.
Lang, T. J. "'Where the Body Is, There Also the Eagles Will be Gathered': Luke 17:37 and the Arrest of Jesus." Biblical Interpretation 21:3 (2013) 320-40.
Scheffler, Eben. "Jesus' Non-violence at His Arrest: The Synoptics and John's Gospel Compared." Acta patristica et byzantina 17 (2006) 312-26.
Jewish Trial
Bamberger, Henry. "New Light on the High Priest." Journal of Ecumenical Studies 18:4 (1981) 653-5.
Berg, Lauma L. "The Illegalities of Jesus' Religious and Civil Trials." Bibliotheca sacra 161:643 (2004) 330-42.
Bond, Helen K. "E. P. Sanders and the 'Trial' of Jesus." Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 13:2-2 (2015) 93-115.
Catchpole, David R. "Answer of Jesus to Caiaphas: Matt 26:64." New Testament Studies 17:2 (1971) 213-26.
Walaskay, Paul W. "Trial and Death of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke." Journal of Biblical Literature 94:1 (1975) 81-93.
Trial before Herod (Luke)
Soards, Marion L. "The Silence of Jesus before Herod: An Interpretive Suggestion." Australian Biblical Review 33 (1985) 41-5.
--------. "Tradition, Composition, and Theology in Luke's Account of Jesus before Herod Antipas." Biblica 66:3 (1985) 344-64.
Walaskay, Paul W. "Trial and Death of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke." Journal of Biblical Literature 94:1 (1975) 81-93.
Roman Trial
Berg, Lauma L. "The Illegalities of Jesus' Religious and Civil Trials." Bibliotheca sacra 161:643 (2004) 330-42.
Merritt, Robert L. "Jesus Barabbas and the Paschal Pardon." Journal of Biblical Literature 104:1 (1985) 57-68.
Addresses the scene in Matthew's gospel.
Rensberger, David. "The Politics of John: The Trial of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel." Journal of Biblical Literature 103:3 (1984) 395-411.
Walaskay, Paul W. "Trial and Death of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke." Journal of Biblical Literature 94:1 (1975) 81-93.
Way of the Cross
Blount, Brian K. "A Socio-Rhetorical Analysis of Simon of Cyrene: Mark 15:21 and Its Parallels." Semeia 64 (1993) 171-98.
Neyrey, Jerome H. "Jesus' Address to the Women of Jerusalem (Lk 23:27-31)—A Prophetic Judgment Oracle." New Testament Studies 29:1 (1983) 74-86.
Schmidt, T. E. "Mark 15:16-32: The Crucifixion Narrative and the Roman Triumphal Procession." New Testament Studies 41:1 (1995).
Crucifixion
Achtemeier, Paul J. "Mark as Interpreter of the Jesus Traditions." Interpretation 32:4 (1978) 339-52.
Chance, J. Bradley. "The Cursing of the Temple and the Tearing of the Veil in the Gospel of Mark." Biblical Interpretation 15:3 (2007) 268-91.
Culpepper, R. Alan. "Designs for the Church in the Gospel Accounts of Jesus' Death." New Testament Studies 51:3 (2005) 376-92.
Hubbard, David Allan. "John 19:17-30." Interpretation 43:4 (1989) 397-401.
Ripley, Jason J. "Killing as Piety?: Exploring Ideological Contexts Shaping the Gospel of John." Journal of Biblical Literature 134:3 (2015) 605-635.
Romanowsky, John W. "'When the Son of Man Is Lifted Up': The Redemptive Power of the Crucifixion in the Gospel of John." Horizons 32:1 (2005) 100-116.
Rudman, Dominic. "The Crucifixion as Chaoskampf: A New Reading of the Passion Narrative in the Synoptic Gospels." Biblica 84:1 (2003) 102-107.
Schneiders, Sandra M. "The Lamb of God and the Forgiveness of Sin(s) in the Fourth Gospel." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 73:1 (2011) 1-29.
Senior, Donald. "Death of Jesus and the Resurrection of the Holy Ones." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 38:3 (1976) 312-29.
Focuses on Matthew's Gospel.
Walaskay, Paul W. "Trial and Death of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke." Journal of Biblical Literature 94:1 (1975) 81-93.
Jensen, Robin M. "The Cross: Hisotry, Art and Controversy." The Ancient Near East Today 6:11 (November 2018). Online, http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2018/11/ The-Cross-History-Art-and-Controversy, accessed [your access date].
This article is not about the original gospel authors and their historical circumstances; instead, it profiles subsequent treatment of Jesus' cruticixion in Christian art, and so might supply some idea for the religious interpretation you choose.
Resurrection
Brown, Jeannine K. "Creation's Renewal in the Gospel of John." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 72:2 (2010) 275-90.
Moloney, Francis J. The Resurrection of the Messiah: A Narrative Commentary on the Resurrection Accounts in the Four Gospels. Mahwah, New Jersey: Paulist, 2013.
Prince, Deborah Thompson. "The 'Ghost' of Jesus: Luke 24 in Light of Ancient Narratives of Post-mortem Apparitions." Journal for the Study of the New Testament 29:3 (2007) 287-301.
Senior, Donald. "Death of Jesus and the Resurrection of the Holy Ones." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 38:3 (1976) 312-29.
Focuses on Matthew's Gospel.
Talbert, Charles H. "The Place of the Resurrection in the Theology of Luke." Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 46 (1992) 19-30.
Wardle, Timothy. "Resurrection and the Holy City: Matthew's Use of Isaiah in 27:51-53." Catholic Biblical Quarterly 78:4 (2016) 666-81.
Williams, Guy. "Narrative Space, Angelic Revelation, and the End of Mark's Gospel." Journal for the Study of the New Testament 35:3 (2013) 263-84.
Ascension
de Jonge, Henk Jan. "The Chronology of the Ascension Stories in Luke and Acts." New Testament Studies 59:2 (2013) 151-71.
Fitzmyer, Joseph A. "The Ascension of Christ and Pentecost." Theological Studies 45 (1984) 409-440.
Zwiep, A. W. "The Text of the Ascension Narratives (Luke 24.50-3; Acts 1.1-2, 9-11)." New Testament Studies 42 (1996) 219-44.
Multscher, Hans. Resurrec-tion. 1437. Oil on fir. 148 x 140 cm. Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany.
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Luz, Ulrich. "The Resurrection of Jesus in Art." Interpretation: A Journal of Bible & Theology 65:1 (2011) 44-55.
Pelikan, Jaroslav. The Illustrated Jesus through the Centuries, 3rd ed. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1997.
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, Andrea Mantegna (c.1480)
Primary Text Citation
Mantegna, Andrea. The Lamentation over the Dead Christ. c.1480. Tempera on canvas. 68 x 81 cm. Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, Italy.
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Douglas, Elizabeth A. "Leonardo's Last Supper: Some Issues of Interpretation." Christian Scholar's Review 18:1 (1988) 65-80.
Hornik, H. J. and M. C. Parsons. Illuminating Luke: The Passion and Resurrection Narratives in Italian and Renaissance and Baroque Painting. London: T & T Clark, 2008.
Pelikan, Jaroslav. The Illustrated Jesus through the Centuries, 3rd ed. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1997.
The Last Supper, Leonardo Da Vinci (1498)
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Da Vinci, Leonardo. The Last Supper. 1498. Tempera on gesso, pitch and mastic. 460 x 880 cm. Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy.
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Albury, W. R. and G. M. Weisz. "Depicting the Bread of the Last Supper: Religious Representation in Italian Renaissance Society." Journal of Religion and Society 11 (2009).
Hornik, H. J. and M. C. Parsons. Illuminating Luke: The Passion and Resurrection Narratives in Italian and Renaissance and Baroque Painting. London: T & T Clark, 2008.
Pelikan, Jaroslav. The Illustrated Jesus through the Centuries, 3rd ed. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1997.
"Offertorium: Hostias et preces,", Requiem Mass in D minor, K. 626, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1782–1783)
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. "Offertorium: Hostias et preces." Requiem Mass in D minor, K. 626. [format you listed to it in].
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White Crucifixion, Marc Chagall (1938)
Primary Text Citation
Chagall, Marc. White Crucifixion. 1938. Oil on canvas. 154.6 x 140 cm. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Mode
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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Jeffrey, David L. "The Christ of Marc Chagall: David Lyle Jeffrey Explains the Jewish and Christian Symbolism in Chagall’s Work." First Things 242 (2014) 26-30.
Pelikan, Jaroslav. The Illustrated Jesus through the Centuries, 3rd ed. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1997.
Werner, Alfred. "Marc Chagall and His Bible Illustrations." The Reconstructionist 23:10 (1957) 6-14.
The Jesus Film, dir. John Krish and Peter Sykes (1979)
Primary Text Citation
Jesus. Prod. Richard F. Dalton and John Heyman; dir. John Krish and Peter Sykes. 117 min. Inspirational Films, 1973. [format you watched it in].
Goodacre, Mark. "Do You Think You're What They Say You Are? Reflections on Jesus Christ Superstar." Journal of Religion and Film 3:2 (1999). Online, http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/jesuscss2.htm.
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The Last Supper (Luke 22:14-20), Donald Jackson (2002)
Primary Text Citation
Jackson, Donald. The Last Supper (Luke 22:14-20). 2002. Illuminated manuscript. The Saint John's Bible, St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA.
The Crucifixion (Luke 23:44-49), Donald Jackson (2002)
Primary Text Citation
Jackson, Donald. The Crucifixion (Luke 23:44-49). 2002. Illuminated manuscript. The Saint John's Bible, St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA.
The Resurrection (John 20:1-31), Donald Jackson (2002)
Primary Text Citation
Jackson, Donald. The Resurrection (John 20:1-31. 2002. Illuminated manu-script. The Saint John's Bible, St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA.
The Road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35), Donald Jackson (2002)
Primary Text Citation
Jackson, Donald. The Road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13-35). 2002. Illuminated manuscript. The Saint John's Bible, St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA.
Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious
Affairs, National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Criteria for
the Evaluation of Dramatizations of the Passion, Publication No. 211-X. Washington,
D.C.: United States Catholic Conference, 1988. Online, http://www.usccb.org/seia/CRITERIA.PDF.
Maresco, Peter A. "Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ: Market Segmentation, Mass Marketing and Promotion, and the Internet." Journal of Religion and Popular Culture 8 (2004).
McGeough, Kevin M. "The Roles of Violence in Recent Biblical Cinema: The Passion, Noah,
and Exodus: Gods and Kings." The Journal of Religion and Film 20:2 (2016) Article 35. 53 pages. Online, http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/jrf/vol20/iss2/35, accessed [your access date].
Pawlikowski, John T. "Christian Anti-Semitism: Past History, Present Challenges: Reflections in Light of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ." Journal of Religion and Film 8:1 (2004). Online, http://www.unomaha.edu/
jrf/2004Symposium/Pawlikowski.htm.
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Virtual Via Dolorosa
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Beit Yochanan Jerusalem. "Virtual Pilgrimage to the Stations of the Cross in Jerusalem." JerusalemViaCrucis.org (2006).
Franciscan Cyberspot. "Jerusalem—the Way of the Cross Via Crucis." Franciscans of the Holy Land and Christus Rex (2001). Online, http://198.62.75.1/www1/jsc/TVCstatn01.html.
MacWilliams, Mark W. "Virtual Pilgrimages on the Internet." Religion 32 (2002) 315-335.
--------. "Virtual Pilgrimage to Ireland's Croagh Patrick." In Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet (ed. Lorne L. Dawson and Douglas E. Cowan; New York: Routledge, 2004) pages.
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Aziz, B. N. "Personal Dimensions of the Sacred Journey: What Pilgrims Say." Religious Studies 23 (1987) 247-61.
Bowman, G. "Pilgrimage Narratives of Jerusalem and the Holy Land: A Study in Ideological Distortion." In Sacred Journeys: The Anthropology of Pilgrimage (ed. A. Morinis; New York: Greenwood, 1992) 149-68.
Healy, D. "Cyberspace and Place: The Internet as Middle Landscape on the Electronic Frontier." In Internet Culture (ed. D. Porter; New York: Routledge, 1997) 55-72.
Horsfield, Peter, and Paul Teusner. "A Mediated Religion: Historical Perspectives on Christianity and the Internet." Studies in World Christianity 13:3 (2007) 278-295.
O'Leary, S. D. "Cyberspace as Sacred Space: Communicating Religion on Computer Networks." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 64 (1996) 781-808.
Turner, Victor. Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors: Symbolic Action in Human Society. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1974.
Turner, Victor and E. Turner. Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture: Anthropological Perspectives. New York: Columbia University Press, 1978.
Wagner, Rachel. Godwired: Religion, Ritual and Virtual Reality, Media, Religion and
Culture. New York: Routledge, 2012.
Wertheim, M. The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space from Dante to the Internet. London: Virago, 1999.
Wong, Kam Ming. "Christians Outside the Church: An Ecclesiological Critique of Virtual Church." Heythrop Journal 49:5 (2008) 822-840.
BIG Bible Town, 3rd Day Games (2006)
Primary Text Citation
3rd Day Games. "BIG Bible Town: [Episode]." Bible Champions III. Windows. 2006.
Mary of Bethany Anoints Jesus
Jesus Enters Jerusalem
Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet
The Lord's Supper
Jesus Prays in the Garden
Peter Denies Jesus
Jesus before Pontius Pilate
The Resurrection of Jesus
The Walk to Emmaus
The Ascension of Jesus
Mode
Robson, Jon and Aaron Meskin. "Video Games as Self-Involving Interactive Fictions." Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 74:2 (2016) 165-77.
Wagner, Rachel. Godwired: Religion, Ritual and Virtual Reality. New York: Routledge, 2012. [esp. ch. 2]
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Bak, Meredith A. "Building Blocks of the Imagination." Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film and Television 78 (2016) 53-64.
Lucas, Paul A. "The Video Game Soap Opera: Storytelling and Plot Development in Video Games." Florida Communication Journal 43:2 (2015) 91-102.
Wellenreiter, Michael. "Screenwriting and Authorial Control in Narrative Video Games." Journal of Screenwriting 6:3 (2015) 343-61.
The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ, dir. Alice Guy-Blaché (1906)
Primary Text Citation
The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ. Production design Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset and Henri Ménessier, dir. Alice Guy-Blaché. 33 min. Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont, 1906. [format you watched it in].
Mahan,
Jeffrey. "Celluloid Savior: Jesus in the Movies." The
Journal of Film and Religion 6 (1 2002). Online, https://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/
celluloid.htm,
27 August 2002.
Reinhartz, Adele. "Jesus in Film: Hollywood Perspectives
on the Jewishness of Jesus." The Journal of Film and Religion
2 (2 1998). Online, http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/JesusinFilmRein.htm,
27 August 2002.
Soukup,
Paul A. "Imaging the Divine: Jesus and Christ Figures in Film." Theological
Studies 59 (1998) 58-64.
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Dixon, Wheeler Winston. "Alice Guy: Forgotten Pioneer of the Narrative Cinema." New Orleans Review 19:3/4 (1992) 6-15.
Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey. "Performativity and Gender in Alice Guy's 'La vie du Christ.'" Film Criticism 23:1 (1998) 6-17.
Film Reviews
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From the Manger to the Cross, dir. Sidney Olcott (1912)
Primary Text Citation
From the Manger to the Cross. Prod. Frank Marion (and Brian Hession for the 1938 reissue); dir. Sidney Olcott. 71 min. Kalem Company/Kino International Video, 1912. [format you watched it in].
Mahan,
Jeffrey. "Celluloid Savior: Jesus in the Movies." The
Journal of Film and Religion 6 (1 2002). Online, https://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/
celluloid.htm,
27 August 2002.
Reinhartz, Adele. "Jesus in Film: Hollywood Perspectives
on the Jewishness of Jesus." The Journal of Film and Religion
2 (2 1998). Online, http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/JesusinFilmRein.htm,
27 August 2002.
Soukup,
Paul A. "Imaging the Divine: Jesus and Christ Figures in Film." Theological
Studies 59 (1998) 58-64.
Keil, Charles. "From
the Manger to the Cross: The New Testament Narrative and the Question of Stylistic
Retardation." In Une invention du diable? Cinema des premiers
temps et religion (Quebec: Presses de l'Université Laval, 1992) 112-20.
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle through-out the Ages, dir. D. W. Griffith (1916)
Primary Text Citation
Intolerance: Love's Struggle through-out the Ages. Produced and directed by D. W. Griffith. 197 min. Triangle Film Corporation, Wark Producing, 1916. [format you watched it in].
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, dir. William Wyler (1959)
Primary Text Citation
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. Prod. Sol C. Siegel and Joseph Vogel; dir. William Wyler. 212 min. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1959. [format you watched it in].
Blake, Richard. "From Peepshow to Prayer: Toward a Spirituality of the Movies." Journal of Religion and Film 6:2 (2002). Online, http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/peepshow.htm.
Baugh,
Lloyd. "The Gospel According to Hollywood: King of Kings
and The Greatest Story Ever Told." In Imaging the Divine: Jesus and Christ-Figures in Film (Communication, Culture and Theology; Franklin,
Wisconsin: Sheed & Ward, 1997) 18-32, 242-8.
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The Greatest Story Ever told, dir. George Stevens (1965)
Primary Text Citation
The Greatest Story Ever Told. Prod. Frank I. Davis and George Stevens; dir. George Stevens. 199 min. George Stevens Productions, United Artists, 1965. [format you watched it in].
Baugh,
Lloyd. "The Gospel According to Hollywood: King of Kings
and The Greatest Story Ever Told." In Imaging the Divine: Jesus and Christ-Figures in Film (Communication, Culture and Theology; Franklin,
Wisconsin: Sheed & Ward, 1997) 18-32, 242-8.
Mikkelson, Douglas
K. The Greatest Story Ever Told: A Silver Screen Gospel. Lanham,
Maryland: University Press of America, 2003.
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Il Vangelo secondo Matteo [The Gospel according to Saint Matthew], dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini (1964)
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Il Vangelo secondo Matteo [The Gospel according to Saint Matthew]. Prod. Alfredo Bini; dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini. 137 min. Arco Film and Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France, 1964. [format you watched it in].
Mahan,
Jeffrey. "Celluloid Savior: Jesus in the Movies." The
Journal of Film and Religion 6 (1 2002). Online, https://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/
celluloid.htm,
27 August 2002.
Reinhartz, Adele. "Jesus in Film: Hollywood Perspectives
on the Jewishness of Jesus." The Journal of Film and Religion
2 (2 1998). Online, http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/JesusinFilmRein.htm,
27 August 2002.
Soukup,
Paul A. "Imaging the Divine: Jesus and Christ Figures in Film." Theological
Studies 59 (1998) 58-64.
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Aichele, George. "Translation as De-canonization: Matthew’s Gospel according to Pasolini." Cross Currents 51:4 (2002) 524-34.
Baugh, Lloyd. "The Masterpiece: The Gospel According to Saint Matthew." In
Imaging the Divine: Jesus and Christ-Figures in Film (Communication, Culture
and Theology; Franklin, Wisconsin: Sheed & Ward, 1997) 94-106, 268-74.
Greene, Naomi. Pier Paolo Pasolini: Cinema as Heresy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990.
Leone, Massimo. "A Semiotic Comparison between Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ and Pier Paolo Pasolini's The Gospel According to Saint Matthew." Pastoral Psychology 53:4 (2005) 351-360.
Testa, Bart. "To Film a Gospel…and Advent of the Theoretical Stranger." In Pier Paolo Pasolini: Contemporary Perspectives (ed. Patrick Rumble and Bart Testa; Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994) 180-209.
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Jesus Christ Superstar, dir. Norman Jewison (1973)
Primary Text Citation
Jesus Christ Superstar. Prod. Norman Jewison and Robert Stigwood; dir. Norman Jewison. 108 min. Universal Pictures, 1973. [format you watched it in].
Baugh,
Lloyd. "The Jesus Musicals: Jesus Christ Superstar and
Godspell." In Imaging the Divine: Jesus and Christ-Figures in Film (Communication, Culture and Theology; Franklin, Wisconsin: Sheed &
Ward, 1997) 33-47, 248-52.
Goodacre, Mark. "Do You Think You're What They Say You Are? Reflections on Jesus Christ Superstar." Journal of Religion and Film 3:2 (1999). Online, http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/jesuscss2.htm.
Baugh, Lloyd. "The
Jesus Musicals: Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell." In
Imaging the Divine: Jesus and Christ-Figures in Film (Communication, Culture
and Theology; Franklin, Wisconsin: Sheed & Ward, 1997) 33-47, 248-52.
Goodacre, Mark. "Do You Think You're What They Say You Are? Reflections on Jesus Christ Superstar." Journal of Religion and Film 3:2 (1999). Online, http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/jesuscss2.htm.
Baugh,
Lloyd. "Two Recent Classics: Jesus of Nazareth and The
Messiah." In Imaging the Divine: Jesus and Christ-Figures in Film (Communication, Culture and Theology; Franklin, Wisconsin: Sheed &
Ward, 1997) 72-93, 261-8.
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Jesus of Nazareth, dir. Franco Zeffirelli (1977)
Primary Text Citation
Jesus of Nazareth. Prod. Lew Grade and Bernard J. Kingham; dir. Franco Zefirrelli. 382 min. ITC Films, RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana and NBC Television, 1977. [format you watched it in].
Mahan,
Jeffrey. "Celluloid Savior: Jesus in the Movies." The
Journal of Film and Religion 6 (1 2002). Online, https://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/
celluloid.htm,
27 August 2002.
Reinhartz, Adele. "Jesus in Film: Hollywood Perspectives
on the Jewishness of Jesus." The Journal of Film and Religion
2 (2 1998). Online, http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/JesusinFilmRein.htm,
27 August 2002.
Soukup,
Paul A. "Imaging the Divine: Jesus and Christ Figures in Film." Theological
Studies 59 (1998) 58-64.
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Baugh, Lloyd. "Two Recent Classics: Jesus
of Nazareth and The Messiah." In Imaging the Divine: Jesus and Christ-Figures in Film (Communication, Culture and Theology; Franklin,
Wisconsin: Sheed & Ward, 1997) 72-93, 261-8.
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Medhurst, Martin J. "Temptation as Taboo: A Psychorhetorical Reading of The Last
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Jesus, dir. Roger Young (1999)
Primary Text Citation
Jesus. Prod. Lorenzo Minoli, Gianmario Pagano and Judd Parkin; dir. Roger Young. 240 min. Five Mile River Films, Lux Vide, 1999. [format you watched it in].
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The Gospel of John, dir. Philip Saville (2003)
Primary Text Citation
The Gospel of John. Prod. Martin Katz, Joel B. Michaels and Sandy Pearl; dir. Philip Saville. 125 min. Gospel of John Ltd., Toronto Film Studios, Visual Bible International, 2003. [format you watched it in].
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Color of the Cross, dir. Jean-Claude La Marre (2006)
Primary Text Citation
Color of the Cross, Prod. Lila Aviv, Michele Gonda and Marc Porterfiled; dir. Jean-Claude La Marre. 108 min. Nu-Lite Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, 2006. [format you watched it in].
Giere, Samuel D. "'This Is My World!' Son of Man (Jezile) and Cross-cultural Convergences of Bible and World." Journal of Religion and Film 15:1 (2011) [9p].
Zwick, Reinhold. "Between Chester and Capetown: Transformations of the Gospel in Son of Man by Mark Dornford-May," trans. Thimo Zirpel. Journal of Religion and Film 15:1 (2011) [10p].
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Son of God, dir. Christopher Spencer (2014)
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Son of God. Prod. Richard Bedser, Mark Burnett, Roma Downey, and Michael Waterhouse; dir. Christopher Spencer. 138 min. Hearst Entertainment Productions and Lightworks Media, 2014. [format you watched it in].
Mahan,
Jeffrey. "Celluloid Savior: Jesus in the Movies." The
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celluloid.htm,
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Reinhartz, Adele. "Jesus in Film: Hollywood Perspectives
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Paul A. "Imaging the Divine: Jesus and Christ Figures in Film." Theological
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Ashworth, Jeff. "Mark Burnett Brings the Gospel to Life." Newsweek Global 162:7 (14 February 2014) 116-20.
Labrecque, Jeff. "Son of God." Entertainment Weekly 1294 (17 January 2014) 34.
Michael, David J. "A Commercial Christ." America 210:6 (24 February 2014) 30-31.
Last Days in the Desert, dir. Rodrigo García (2015)
Primary Text Citation
Last Days in the Desert. Prod. Abby Whitridge Berman, Paige Dunham, Nicolas Gonda, Kristina Kendall, Elizabeth Koch, Erik Lokkesmoe, Michael Macs and Jason Durant Walker; dir. Rodrigo García. 98 min. Mockingbird Pictures, Division Films, Broad Green Pictures, 2015. [format you watched it in].
Resurrection, Hans Multscher (1437)
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, Andrea Mantegna (c.1480)
The Last Supper, Leonardo Da Vinci (1498)
White Crucifixion, Marc Chagall (1938)
