Jesus at the Movies: A Guide to the First Hundred Years by W. Barnes Tatum

Jesus at the Movies

A Guide to the First Hundred Years
Revised and Expanded Edition

Includes The Life of Brian and The Passion of the Christ

W. Barnes Tatum

Jesus at the Movies cover Since the earliest days of the movies more than a century ago, moviemakers have been intrigued by "the greatest story ever told." They have tried, with varying degrees of success, to capture the life of Jesus on film.

In Jesus at the Movies Barnes Tatum has created a fascinating and exhaustively-researched viewer's guide to the movies about Jesus. Tatum guides the reader film-by-film from Sidney Olcott's silent classic "From the Manger to the Cross" through Denis Arcand's award-winning "Jesus of Montreal" to the future of Jesus movies. With his experience as author, biblical scholar, and teacher on religion and film, he presents this unique look at Jesus films in all dimensions: as cinematic art, as literature, as biblical history and as theology.

"A fascinating analysis of all the Jesus movies that have been made since the beginning of cinematography."—Paul Verhoeven, Director, Total Recall

"A magnificent three-for-the-price-of-one book: a complete analysis of the major films about Jesus, a before-and-after guide for watching these movies, and a basic introduction to past and present gospel criticism."—John Dominic Crossan

"An important, fascinating and insightful book on Jesus and film." —Marcus J. Borg

W. Barnes Tatum is Professor of Religion and Philosophy at Greensboro College and author of In Quest of Jesus: A Guidebook and John the Baptist and Jesus.

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Polebridge Press
Paperback, 256 pages, illustrated
1998 ISBN 0-944344-67-4