Midrash and movies :
Zierler, Wendy,
Midrash and movies : popular film and Jewish religious conversation / Wendy I. Zierler ; foreword by Eugene B. Borowitz. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1. The Truman show: truth -- Chapter 2. Magnolia: confession and redemption -- Chapter 3. The descendants: birthright -- Chapter 4. Memento: memory -- Chapter 5. Crimes and misdemeanors: sin -- Chapter 6. Forrest gump: cleverness and simplicity -- Chapter 7. The King's speech: speaking God's word -- Chapter 8. Stranger than fiction: God as author -- Chapter 9. A serious man: parables of Jewishness -- Chapter 10. Exam: tests, trials, and attachments -- Chapter 11. The hunger games: in God's image -- Conclusion: Moonrise Kingdom: and the youth shall see visions.
9781438466163 1438466161
2016042266
Motion pictures--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Motion pictures--Moral and ethical aspects.
PERFORMING ARTS / Reference
Electronic books.
PN1995.5
791.43/682961
Midrash and movies : popular film and Jewish religious conversation / Wendy I. Zierler ; foreword by Eugene B. Borowitz. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1. The Truman show: truth -- Chapter 2. Magnolia: confession and redemption -- Chapter 3. The descendants: birthright -- Chapter 4. Memento: memory -- Chapter 5. Crimes and misdemeanors: sin -- Chapter 6. Forrest gump: cleverness and simplicity -- Chapter 7. The King's speech: speaking God's word -- Chapter 8. Stranger than fiction: God as author -- Chapter 9. A serious man: parables of Jewishness -- Chapter 10. Exam: tests, trials, and attachments -- Chapter 11. The hunger games: in God's image -- Conclusion: Moonrise Kingdom: and the youth shall see visions.
9781438466163 1438466161
2016042266
Motion pictures--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Motion pictures--Moral and ethical aspects.
PERFORMING ARTS / Reference
Electronic books.
PN1995.5
791.43/682961
