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Disaster Films & The Bible with Dr. Michelle Fletcher (podcast)
Read more: Disaster Films & The Bible with Dr. Michelle Fletcher (podcast)In this episode we turn from our series on Jesus films to discuss the intertextual relationship of Disaster Films and the Bible as an epilogue to our Summer series with Dr. Michelle Fletcher, who used film theory to analyze citations of the Hebrew Bible in Revelation in her book, Reading Revelation as Pastiche: Imitating the…
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Teaching Jesus with Film with the Revd Canon Dr. Robert Derrenbacker (podcast)
Read more: Teaching Jesus with Film with the Revd Canon Dr. Robert Derrenbacker (podcast)In this episode we close out our Jesus film series with a discussion on the pedagogical value of Jesus films in In this episode we close out our Jesus film series with a discussion on the pedagogical value of films generally in teaching the Gospels with the Rev. Canon Dr. Robert Derrenbacker, who is Frank…
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Jesus’ Enemies in Jesus Films with Prof. Adele Reinhartz (Podcast)
Read more: Jesus’ Enemies in Jesus Films with Prof. Adele Reinhartz (Podcast)In this penultimate episode of our Jesus film series, we talk about the enemies of Jesus in Jesus films with Prof. Adele Reinhartz, who is Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa, and the author of a number of important studies on Jesus films and Bible films, including:…
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Costuming in Jesus Films with Dr. Katie Turner (Podcast)
Read more: Costuming in Jesus Films with Dr. Katie Turner (Podcast)In this episode of our Jesus Film series, we’re talking about costuming with Dr. Katie Turner. Dr. Turner is an independent scholar who completed her PhD at King’s College, London and has a forthcoming monograph, entitled, Costuming Christ (with T&T Clark). Over the course of our conversation we discussed the difference between ancient clothing and…
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Mary Magdalene in Jesus Films with Dr. Siobhán Jolley (Podcast)
Read more: Mary Magdalene in Jesus Films with Dr. Siobhán Jolley (Podcast)Continuing our series on Jesus films, we are joined in this episode by Dr. Siobhán Jolley to discuss the representation of Mary Magdalene. Dr. Jolley recently completed her PhD at the University of Manchester with a thesis entitled, “Reimaging the Magdalene: Liberative Reception Criticism and the Counter-Reformation Magdalene.” In our conversation Dr. Jolley talks to…
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Gospel Scholarship & Jesus Films with Dr. Mark Goodacre
Read more: Gospel Scholarship & Jesus Films with Dr. Mark GoodacreIn this episode we discuss the relationship of scholarship on the Gospels and the historical Jesus with Dr. Mark Goodacre, who is Frances Hill Fox professor of Religious Studies at Duke University, the author of a number of important studies on the historical Jesus, the Gospels, particularly the Synoptic Problem, and the Gospel of Thomas,…
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Depicting Jesus in Jesus Films with Dr. Richard Walsh (Podcast)
Read more: Depicting Jesus in Jesus Films with Dr. Richard Walsh (Podcast)In this episode of our Jesus film series, we turn to discuss the art and theology that informs depictions of Jesus with Dr. Richard Walsh, who is Womack Professor of Philosophy and Religion and the Co-Director of the Honors Program at Methodist University. He’s also the author of a number of books on Jesus films,…
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100 Bible Films with Matthew Page (Podcast)
Read more: 100 Bible Films with Matthew Page (Podcast)In this episode we’re kicking off a Summer series on Jesus films! Today we’re joined by Matthew Page to talk about his new book, 100 Bible Films (published by The British Film Institute with Bloomsbury). In our conversation, Matthew talks about the history of movies according to Bible films. He highlights the ways that Bible…
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Rabbinic Literature & Strack-Billerbeck with Jacob Cerone (Podcast)
Read more: Rabbinic Literature & Strack-Billerbeck with Jacob Cerone (Podcast)In this episode we discuss the legacy of the famous German resource of Rabbinic parallels to the New Testament, referred to often as Strack-Billerbeck. For this we’re joined by Jacob Cerone, who is a doctoral candidate at the Friedrich Alexander Universität, in Erlagen, Germany, and General Editor and one of translators of the English translation…
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Ephesians & Empire with Dr. Justin Winzenburg (Podcast)
Read more: Ephesians & Empire with Dr. Justin Winzenburg (Podcast)In this episode we discuss the relevance of empire criticism for understanding Paul’s letter to the Ephesians with Dr. Justin Winzenburg, who is Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek, and the Director of the Honors Program at Crown College (St. Bonafacious, Minnesota). Dr. Winzenburg is also the author of the forthcoming volume that we…