For your final project you must undertake an analysis of a piece of biblical fiction, preferably one not read in class. Keep in mind the class deadline for your project proposal: October 27, 2008. Listed below are some novels and movies to get you started. You can also search online through www.amazon.com, books.google.com (for movies, plays, and novels) as well as www.imdb.com (for movies or television shows), using "subject searches" for terms like "bible AND novel."

Updated: Here are some lists of possible final project subjects from Wikipedia. Keep in mind that, whatever you choose, should be explicitly based on a recognizable biblical text or texts (so some of the works listed here--such as the Left Behind films--won't qualify): Wikipedia's List of Films Based on the Bible and Dramatic Portrayals of Jesus Christ.

The professor has several copies of movies and novels in his office that he might be willing to loan out: email him for an appointment to discuss (andrew.jacobs [at] ucr.edu).

DRAMA

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Jesus Christ, Superstar!

Godspell

York Mystery Plays

PROSE

Graphic Novels

Jeff Anderson and Mike Maddox, The Lion Graphic Bible

Kyle Baker, King David

Dave Elliott, The Bible: Eden

Modern Novels

Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
Taylor Caldwell.  Great Lion of God
Orson Scott Card, Sarah:  Women of Genesis
Jim Crace, Quarantine
Lloyd Douglas, The Robe
Robert Faid, Lydia:  Seller of Purple
Penelope Farmer, Eve:  Her Story
Ellen Gunderson Traylor, Jonah
_____.  Melchizedek:  King of Jerusalem
H.D., Pilate's Wife
Zora Neale Hurston, Moses, Man of the Mountain
Nikos Katzanzakis, The Last Temptation (in U.S.:  The Last Temptation of Christ)
Par Lagerkvist, Barabbas
Norman Mailer, The Gospel According to the Son
Malachi Martin, King of Kings:  A Novel
Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Nino Ricci, Testament

Anne Rice, Christ our Lord (a multipart series, 3 volumes so far)

James R. Schott, Leah
Marilyn Kay Scout, Michal, Princess
Jean Shaw, Job's Wife:  A Novel
Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis?
William H. Stephens, Prophet of Fire:  A Novel
Sam Thomas, Herein Lies The Tale:  The First Case of Murder:  A Novel
Frank C. Tribbe, I, Joseph of Arimathea
Lew Wallace, Ben Hur
Walter Wangerin, Paul:  A Novel

 

FILMS AND MINISERIES

Samson and Delilah (1949)
David and Bathsheba (1951)
The Ten Commandments (1923; 1956)
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
David and Goliath (1960)
The Story of Ruth(1960)
Sodom and Gomorrah (1963)
The Bible (1966)
Wholly Moses (1980)
King David (1985)
Prince of Egypt (1999)
King of Kings (1927; 1961)
The Robe (1953)
Ben-Hur (1926; 1959)
Barabbas (1961)
The Gospel According to Saint Matthew (1964; Italian, dubbed into English)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
Jesus (1979)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Matthew (1996)
Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999)

The Passion of the Christ (2003)