Biblical Reception, 4

Guest editor:David Tollerton is Lecturer in Jewish Studies and Contemporary Biblical Cultures at the University of Exeter, UK.Biblical Reception Editors:David J.A. Clines is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK.J. Cheryl Exum is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK.

• PrefaceAcknowledgements1. ‘Hmmm … But Loved the Plagues’: On Engaging with Ridley Scott’s Epic and its Audiences - David Tollerton, University of Exeter, UK.2. Depicting the Divine: The Ambiguity of Exodus 3 in Exodus: Gods and KingsMatthew A. Collins – University of Chester, UK.3. Exodus: Male Gods and Kings - J. Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield, UK. 4. Interpreting the Entrails: Religion and Violence in Exodus: Gods and KingsJon Morgan – University of Chester, UK. 5. ‘See this Great Sight’: Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings and the Evolution of Biblical Spectacle in the Cinema -- David Shepherd, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.6. Once Upon an Apocalypse: Exodus, Disaster, and a Long, Long Time Ago?Michelle Fletcher – University of Kent, UK.7. Picturing the Plagues and Parting the Waves: The Biblical Effect in Exodus: Gods and Kings -- Samuel Tongue, University of Glasgow, UK. 8. The Birth of a Nation: Civil Religion and Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and KingsCatherine Wheatley – King’s College London, UK.9. Exodus: Gods and Kings and the Secular-Religious Transgression of Sacred Boundaries -- David Tollerton, University of Exeter, UK.

The return of the ‘Bible epic’ to our screens … coincides with recent scholarly interest in the Bible in Film … and this absorbing volume by a group of UK- and Ireland-based scholars addresses some of the issues raised by the phenomenon.