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The Last Temptation of Christ with Dr. David Bennett (Podcast)

Apr 23, 2025

In this episode we’re joined by Dr. David Bennett is a post-doctoral research fellow in theology and ethics at the University of Oxford and he’s the author of A War of Loves: The Unexpected Story of a Gay Activist Discovering Jesus (published by Zondervan). In our conversation we review and discuss the portrayal of Jesus’s sexuality and desire for a relationship and a family in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988, directed by Martin Scorsese)....

Teaching Jesus with Film with the Revd Canon Dr. Robert Derrenbacker (podcast)

Aug 31, 2022

In this episode we close out our Jesus film series with a discussion on the pedagogical value of Jesus films in In this episode we close out our Jesus film series with a discussion on the pedagogical value of films generally in teaching the Gospels with the Rev. Canon Dr. Robert Derrenbacker, who is Frank Woods Associate Professor in New Testament at Trinity College, Melbourne. Over the course of our discussion, we talk broadly about...

Jesus’ Enemies in Jesus Films with Prof. Adele Reinhartz (Podcast)

Aug 24, 2022

In this penultimate episode of our Jesus film series, we talk about the enemies of Jesus in Jesus films with Prof. Adele Reinhartz, who is Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa, and the author of a number of important studies on Jesus films and Bible films, including: Jesus of Hollywood (Oxford University Press) and Bible and Cinema (Routledge). Over the course of our conversation we talk especially...

Costuming in Jesus Films with Dr. Katie Turner (Podcast)

Aug 17, 2022

In this episode of our Jesus Film series, we’re talking about costuming with Dr. Katie Turner. Dr. Turner is an independent scholar who completed her PhD at King’s College, London and has a forthcoming monograph, entitled, Costuming Christ (with T&T Clark). Over the course of our conversation we discussed the difference between ancient clothing and modern costuming in Jesus films, what evidence we have for ancient dress in the second temple period and the Greco-Roman...

Mary Magdalene in Jesus Films with Dr. Siobhán Jolley (Podcast)

Aug 10, 2022

Continuing our series on Jesus films, we are joined in this episode by Dr. Siobhán Jolley to discuss the representation of Mary Magdalene. Dr. Jolley recently completed her PhD at the University of Manchester with a thesis entitled, “Reimaging the Magdalene: Liberative Reception Criticism and the Counter-Reformation Magdalene.” In our conversation Dr. Jolley talks to us about how little we actually know about Mary Magdalene from the Gospels themselves, and how her legend and myth...

Gospel Scholarship & Jesus Films with Dr. Mark Goodacre

Aug 3, 2022

In this episode we discuss the relationship of scholarship on the Gospels and the historical Jesus with Dr. Mark Goodacre, who is Frances Hill Fox professor of Religious Studies at Duke University, the author of a number of important studies on the historical Jesus, the Gospels, particularly the Synoptic Problem, and the Gospel of Thomas, and the creator of one of the original biblioblogs, called NTBlog, as well as one of the original biblical studies...

Depicting Jesus in Jesus Films with Dr. Richard Walsh (Podcast)

Jul 27, 2022

In this episode of our Jesus film series, we turn to discuss the art and theology that informs depictions of Jesus with Dr. Richard Walsh, who is Womack Professor of Philosophy and Religion and the Co-Director of the Honors Program at Methodist University. He’s also the author of a number of books on Jesus films, including Reading the Gospels in the Dark (Trinity Press International) and, more recently with Jeffrey Staley, Jesus, The Gospels, and...

100 Bible Films with Matthew Page (Podcast)

Jul 20, 2022

In this episode we’re kicking off a Summer series on Jesus films! Today we’re joined by Matthew Page to talk about his new book, 100 Bible Films (published by The British Film Institute with Bloomsbury). In our conversation, Matthew talks about the history of movies according to Bible films. He highlights the ways that Bible films can teach us about cinema more broadly rather than strictly about the Bible, though he does address the topic...

The Last Temptation of Christ with Dr. David Bennett (Podcast)

Teaching Jesus with Film with the Revd Canon Dr. Robert Derrenbacker (podcast)

Jesus’ Enemies in Jesus Films with Prof. Adele Reinhartz (Podcast)

Costuming in Jesus Films with Dr. Katie Turner (Podcast)

Mary Magdalene in Jesus Films with Dr. Siobhán Jolley (Podcast)

Gospel Scholarship & Jesus Films with Dr. Mark Goodacre

Depicting Jesus in Jesus Films with Dr. Richard Walsh (Podcast)

100 Bible Films with Matthew Page (Podcast)

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