Film and the Apologetics of Biblical Violence (Critical Essay‪)‬

Introduction [1] Theoretical treatments of biblical violence have yet to mature in film and religion studies. Even a brief survey in the bibliography of film studies shows that the key words "violence" or "violent" appear very seldom in titles of books and articles on the Bible and film. For example, a search of the keyword "violence" in titles of the Journal of Religion and Film yields only two articles. (1) There are still no monographs devoted to the filmic depictions of biblical violence.