The Historical Jesus and the Christ of Early Cinema: a Complicated Relationship

When at the onset of the twentieth century, the influential German theologian Albert Schweitzer published a historiographical account of the ‘historical Jesus', a discrete number of silent films devoted to the life and death of Christ had already appeared in Europe and the United States. This a...

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Published in:Journal for religion, film and media
Main Author: Facchini, Cristiana 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Institut f. Fundamentaltheologie [2019]
In: Journal for religion, film and media
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Schweitzer, Albert 1875-1965, Geschichte der Leben-Jesu-Forschung (1913) / Motion picture theater / Jesus Christus
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
CD Christianity and Culture
NBF Christology
Further subjects:B Ernest Renan
B David Friedrich Strauss
B Passion Play
B Historical Jesus
B Hermann Samuel Reimarus
B silent film
B Jewish Jesus
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Summary:When at the onset of the twentieth century, the influential German theologian Albert Schweitzer published a historiographical account of the ‘historical Jesus', a discrete number of silent films devoted to the life and death of Christ had already appeared in Europe and the United States. This article analyses the rise of early silent films about Christ against the backdrop of the debate enhanced by the rise of the ‘historical Jesus', presenting some of the relevant similarities and divergences that representations of the life of Jesus produced through different media and within an increasing relevance of mass culture.
ISSN:2617-3697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for religion, film and media
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.25364/05.4:2019.1.5