Jesus and Brian : exploring the historical Jesus and his times via Monty Python's Life of Brian / edited by Joan E. Taylor.

"Monty Python's Life of Brian film is known for its brilliant satirical humour. Less well known is that the film contains references to what was, at the time of its release, cutting edge biblical scholarship and Life of Jesus research. This research, founded on the acceptance of the Histor...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Taylor, Joan E., 1937- (Editor)
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury T & T Clark, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. The film in its cinematic context, its reception and its challenges. 1. Monty Python's Life of Brian and the Jesus film / William R. Telford
  • 2. The Church of England's Life of Python, or 'What the Bishop saw' / Richard A. Burridge
  • 3. When Brian met Moses: Life of Brian (1979), Wholly Moses (1980) and the 'failure' of biblical parody / David Shepherd
  • 4. 'Blasphemy!': on free speech then and now / David Tollerton
  • 5. The meaning of Monty Python's Jesus / James G. Crossley
  • 6. The gospel of Brian / Philip R. Davies
  • Part II. History and interpretation via Monty Python's Life of Brian. 7. The historical Brian: reception exegesis in practice / Joan E. Taylor
  • 8. 'Romani ite Domum': expressions of identity and resistance in Judaea / Guy D. Stiebel
  • 9. 'You'll probably get away with crucifixion': laughing at the cross in Brian and the ancient world / Helen K. Bond
  • 10. Brian as a teacher of righteousness / George J. Brooke
  • 11. Brian and the apocalyptic Jesus: parody as a historical method / Bart D. Ehrman
  • 12. 'Are you a virgin?': biblical exegesis and the invention of tradition / Paula Fredriksen
  • 13. Beards for sale: the uncut version of Brian, gender and sexuality / Amy-Jill Levine
  • 14. 'What have the Romans ever done for us?': Brian and Josephus on anti-Roman sentiment / Steve Mason
  • 15. Hook-nosed heebies: Brian, Jesus and Jewish identity / Adele Reinhartz
  • 16. 'The shoe is the sign!': costuming Brian and dressing the first century / Katie Turner.