Re-writing Jesus : Christ in 20th century fiction and film / Graham Holderness.

At the heart of Christian theology lies a paradox unintelligible to other religions and to secular humanism: that in the person of Jesus, God became man, and suffered on the cross to effect humanity's salvation. In his dual nature as mortal and divinity, and unlike the impassable God of other monoth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Holderness, Graham (Author)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.
Subjects:
Jesus Christ > In literature.
Jesus Christ > In motion pictures.
Literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Jesus Christ.
1900 - 1999
Literature.
Literature, Modern.
Motion pictures.
Jesus Christus.
Film.
Literatur.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:256 pages ; 22 cm
Variant Title:
Rewriting Jesus.
Christ in 20th century fiction and film.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 'Half-god, half-man' : Nikos Kazantzakis's "The Last Temptation" and Martin Scorsese's "The Last Temptation of Christ"
  • Human and sacred : Anthony Burgess's "Man of Nazareth" and Franco Zefirellil's "Jesus of Nazareth"
  • Science and religion : Jim Crace's "Quarantine"
  • Cross and altar : Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ"
  • God or man? Mark Dornford-May's "Son of Man"
  • Ecce Homo : A life of Christ.