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The Bible on silent film : spectacle, story and scripture in the early cinema /

"Between the advent of motion pictures in the 1890s and the close of the 'silent' era at the end of the 1920s, many of the longest, most expensive and most watched films on both sides of the Atlantic drew upon biblical traditions. David J. Shepherd traces the evolution of the biblical...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shepherd, David, 1972-
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Bible films > History and criticism.
Silent films > Religious aspects.
Bible > In motion pictures.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
PERFORMING ARTS / Reference.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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