Talk:List of films based on the Bible

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I would like to see this list worked into a real article on Biblical epic movies, which form a small subgenre. Biblical epics can be classified as those that are retellings of portions of the Bible, such as the Ten Commandments, vs. those that are more like "intersections" with the Bible, such as Ben Hur or the Robe. The article could also cover the issue of faithfulness to the text, with some of the controversy among Christians (and presumably Jews) about the faithfulness of the Ten Commandments being the quintessential example.

I also believe the list would be more interesting if it were chronological rather than alphabetical.

Note that the TNT series of Biblical epics had about six movies I believe, and the producers went on to separately produce several others, including Solomon, Jeremiah, and Esther. I believe they made ten altogether and then produced the Jesus miniseries for CBS.

That sounds great. I created the list as part of Lists of movie source material but if you feel the topic deserves a narrative article, by all means, go ahead and write one up. As for chronology vs. alphabet: Knock yosef out. :) jengod 18:39, Apr 7, 2004 (UTC)

Alright, since this article has obviously been dormant for a while I'm taking it upon myself to rework it into a a comprehensive resource, like I'v already done with King Arthur movies, Classical Mythology movies, and Greek mythology films.

As you might have guessed from the cotents pages, I am attempting to reorganize this list into sections in the approximate order in which they occur in the Bible. On the second level, they are arange in chronological order - thus, even though A Nativity narrative might come before a Passion narrative in the gospels, a "Passion" movie made in 2004 would come before a Nativity movie made 2006.

I would appreciate any contributions or critiques--Dudeman5685 21:09, 24 May 2006 (UTC)