Chagall, Marc. The Jerusalem Windows. 1962. Stained glass. Abbell Synagogue, Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
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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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Amishai, Ziva. "Chagall's Jerusalem Windows, Iconography and Sources." In Studies in Art (ed. Moshe Barasch; Scripta Hierosolymitana 24; Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1972) 146-182, pls. XXVII–XXXII.
Bachelard, Gaston. Marc Chagall: The Drawings for the Bible. New York: Harcourt, 2011.
Braillon, Juliette. Marc Chagall: Hadassah, from Sketch to Stained Glass Windows. Paris: Musée d'art et d'histoire du judaïsme/Adam Biro, 2002.
Chagall, Marc. The Jerusalem Windows. New York: Random House Value Publishing, 1988.
Friedman, Mira. "Chagall's Jerusalem." In The Real and Ideal Jerusalem in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Art. Studies in Honor of Bezalel Narkiss on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday (ed. Bianca Kühnel; Jerusalem: Hebrew University, Center for Jewish Art, 1998) 543-64.
Harshav, Benjamin. Marc Chagall and His Times: A Documentary Narrative. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004.
--------. Marc Chagall and the Lost Jewish World: The Nature of Chagall's Art and Iconography. New York: Rizzoli, 2006.
Harshav, Benjamin, ed. "Beyond Painting 1952–1966. The Stained Glass Windows in Jerusalem." In Marc Chagall on Art and Culture (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2003) 145-7.
Jeffrey, David L. "Meditation and Atonement in the Art of Marc Chagall." Religion and the Arts 16:3 (2012) 211-230.
Lewis, Michael J. "Whatever Happened to Marc Chagall?" Commentary 126:3 (2008) 36-41.
Leymarie, Jean and Marc Chagall. The Jerusalem Windows. New York: George Braziller, 1996.
Marteau, Robert. The Stained-Glass Windows of Chagall, 1957–1970. New York: Tudor, 1973.
Swartz, Paula Hunter and University of Cincinnati. "Time versus Space: A Relationship between Music and the Visual Arts as Revealed in Petr Eben’s Okna and Marc Chagall's Jerusalem Windows." D.M.A., University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, 2005. [addresses only Reuben, Issachar, Zebulun and Levi]
Werner, Alfred. "Chagall's Jerusalem Windows." Art Journal 21:4 (1962) 224-232.
--------. "Marc Chagall and His Bible Illustrations." The Reconstructionist 23:10 (1957) 6-14.
BIG Bible Town: Joseph and His Coat of Colors, 3rd Day Games (20x)
Primary Text Citation
3rd Day Games. "BIG Bible Town: Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors." x. Windows. 20x.
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]
Secondary Literature
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.
Stanfill, Mel. "The Interface as Discourse: The Production of Norms through Web Design." New Media and Society 17:7 (2015) 1154-69.
Wellenreiter, Michael. "Screenwriting and Authorial Control in Narrative Video Games." Journal of Screenwriting 6:3 (2015) 343-61.
For further resources on animating children's Bibles, see the next entry.
BIG Bible Town: Joseph in Egypt, 3rd Day Games (20x)
Primary Text Citation
3rd Day Games. "BIG Bible Town: Joseph in Egypt." x. Windows. 20x.
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]
Secondary Literature
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.
Stanfill, Mel. "The Interface as Discourse: The Production of Norms through Web Design." New Media and Society 17:7 (2015) 1154-69.
Wellenreiter, Michael. "Screenwriting and Authorial Control in Narrative Video Games." Journal of Screenwriting 6:3 (2015) 343-61.
For further resources on animating children's Bibles, see the next entry.
Veggie Tales: The Ballad of Little Joe, dir. Tim Hodge (2003)
Primary Text Citation
VeggieTales: The Ballad of Little Joe. Produced by David Pitts; directed by Tim Hodge. 33.01 min. Big Idea Productions, 2003. [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.
Film Reviews
Because these are short and popular, you can read them, but they don't replace the need for at least two professional sources.
McCormick, Moira. "Lyrick's 'VeggieTales' Digs into Mainstream Kids' Market." Billboard 111:30 (July 24, 1999) 67. 1/2 p.
The Story of Jacob and Joseph, dir. Milhalis Kakogiannis (1974)
Primary Text Citation
The Story of Jacob and Joseph. Produced by Mildred Freed Alberg; directed by Mihalis Kakogiannis. 120 min. Milberg Theatrical Productions, 1974. [format you watched it in: e.g., DVD, Netflix].
Blizek, William L. and Julien R. Fielding. "Movies: The Retelling of Religious Stories." In The Continuum Companion to Religion and Film (ed. William Blizek; New York: Continuum, 2009) 70-79.
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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.
Joseph, dir. Roger Young (1995)
Primary Text Citation
Joseph. Produced by Lorenzo Minoli; directed by Roger Young. 185 min. Beta Film, Lube Productions, Lux Vide, Quinta Communications, and Turner Pictures, 1995. [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.
Film Reviews
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, dir. David Mallet (1999)
Primary Text Citation
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber; directed by David Mallet. 76 min. Really Useful Films, 1999. [format you watched it in: e.g., DVD, Netflix].
Chandler, David. "Bible Lite for Schools: How Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Redefines Classical Old Testament Theatre for Young Audiences." Ecumenica 3:2 (2010) 63-76.
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.
Film Reviews
Because these are short and popular, you can read them, but they don't replace the need for at least two professional sources.
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In the Beginning, dir. Kevin Connor (2000)
Primary Text Citation
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].
1.34.42 Italian subtitles, so you may want to find a streaming source
Burnette-Bletsch, Rhonda. The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and Its Reception in Film. Boston: Walter de Bruyter, 2016.
Film Reviews
Because these are short and popular, you can read them, but they don't replace the need for at least two professional sources.
Fries, Laura. "In the Beginning." Daily Variety 269:50 (November 10, 2000) 19, 3/7 pages.
Joseph, King of Dreams, dir. Rob LaDuca and Robert C. Ramirez (2000)
Primary Text Citation
Joseph, King of Dreams. Produced by Ken Tsumura, directed by Rob LaDuca and Robert C. Ramirez. 75 min. DreamWorks Animation/Universal Home Video, 2000.
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.
Film Reviews
Because these are short and popular, you can read them, but they don't replace the need for at least two professional sources.
Desowitz, Bill. "Joseph: King of Dreams." Animation 14:10 (2000) 37.
Leydon, Joe. "Joseph: King of Dreams." Variety Movie Reviews 290 (2000) 1.
