Research Catalog

Title

The Bible on television / edited by Helen K. Bond and Edward Adams.

Publication

• London : T & T Clark, 2020.
• ©2020

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bond, Helen K. (Helen Katharine)
• Adams, Edward

Description

x, 267 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

This volume examines and discusses selected Bible documentaries and academically informed dramatizations of the Bible. The major focus is UK mainline television, and on recent productions (mostly within the past 15 years) but there is also engagement with productions from the USA. After a critical introduction by the editors, charting and reflecting on the use of the Bible on television in recent years, the book falls into three sections. In the first section, a number of influential filmmakers and producers, including Ray Bruce and Jean-Claude Bragard, discuss their work in relation to the context and constraints of television (especially religious television) programming. The second section contains reflections of various academics who have acted as 'talking heads', historical consultants and presenters. They discuss different aspects of the process, including the extent to which they had influence and how their contributions were used. In the third section, a number of scholars assess the finished products, discussing what they tell us about the modern reception of the Bible. There is also consideration of how these productions influence biblical scholars and contribute to the scholarly agenda.

Series Statement

• Scriptural traces : critical perspectives on the reception and influence of the Bible ; 23
• Library of New Testament studies ; 622
• T&T Clark library of biblical studies

Uniform Title

• Scriptural traces ; 23.
• Library of New Testament studies ; 622.
• T & T Clark library of biblical studies.

Subjects

• Religion on television
• Bible > Television adaptations
• Television broadcasting > Religious aspects > Christianity

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Introduction / Helen K. Bond -- Genesis of the Bible documentary: the development of religious broadcasting in the UK / Richard Wallis -- The Bible according to TV / Jean-Claude Bragard -- Interview with Ray Bruce / Edward Adams and Helen K. Bond -- The story of Lumo / David Batty -- Scholars working in television: some personal reflections and advice / Joan E. Taylor -- Critical black Christian body: opposition and resistance in the religious documentary / Robert Beckford -- The nativity on TV / Helen K. Bond -- Putting Paul on TV: the case of David Suchet: in the footsteps of St Paul / Edward Adams -- How do 'Bible-users' respond to the Bible on TV? / Cherryl Hunt -- Plundering Egypt: Exodus documentaries and the exploitation of history / Mark Harris -- The History Channel's The Bible, an epic ...? / Meg Ramey -- When the resurrected biblical epic transferred to the small screen ... and promptly died again: a critical autopsy of the 2016 ABC series Of kings and prophets / David Tollerton.

Call Number

MWGR 20-1178

ISBN

• 9780567673992
• 0567673995
• 9780567693334 (ePub ebook) (canceled/invalid)
• 9780567674005 (PDF ebook) (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1003201654

Title

The Bible on television / edited by Helen K. Bond and Edward Adams.

Publisher

London : T & T Clark, 2020.

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Scriptural traces : critical perspectives on the reception and influence of the Bible ; 23

Library of New Testament studies ; 622

T&T Clark library of biblical studies

Scriptural traces ; 23.

Library of New Testament studies ; 622.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Bond, Helen K. (Helen Katharine), editor.

Adams, Edward, editor.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9780567693334

Research Call Number

MWGR 20-1178