Jesus Movies

Books about Jesus Movies:

Adele Rheinhartz, Jesus of Hollywood.  Oxford University Press,   2006. ISBN-10: 0195146964

Jeffrey L. Staley and Richard Walsh - Jesus, the Gospels, and Cinematic Imagination.  Westminster John Knox Press, 2007.  ISBN-10: 0664230318  Staley notes on amazon.com that "The book also includes a thirteen-page, double-column 'Gospels Harmony of Jesus Films on DVD,' where one can find, for example, what four films include the "Parable of the Good Samaritan" and the precise hour/minute/second the parable can be found in each film."  This synopsis/harmony will be very useful for both students and professors wishing to use clips from the films.

Barnes Tatum - Jesus at the Movies: A Guide to the First Hundred Years. Polebridge Press,  2004.  ISBN-10: 0944344674

Richard Walsh - Reading the Gospels in the Dark: Portrayals of Jesus in Film. Trinity Press International, 2003.  ISBN-10: 156338387X

Bibliographic Article :  V. Henry T. Nguyen, "The Quest for the Cinematic Jesus:  Scholarly Explorations in Jesus Films,"  Currents in Biblical Research 8 (2010):  183-206 http://cbi.sagepub.com/content/8/2/183   Available via UI Library .  Extensive discussion of key works and bibliography.