The Gospel of John film

I've now also added a new page on The Gospel of John:

Celluloid Jesus: The Gospel of John

This is the new Visual Bible word-for-word version of the Gospel of John. It's about three hours long and directed by Philip Saville. The Visual Bible were also responsible for the 1997 Matthew ; but this film has a new director and a new Jesus. The film's official web site is impressive and has loads of information including trailer:

The Gospel of John: A Major Motion Picture . . . Word for Word

The film appears to be opening in the U.S.A. from September 26. There are no indications yet when it will be released elsewhere. The film has an impressive advisory committee with lots of names that will be familiar to NT scholars and students, Peter Richardson, Adele Reinhartz, Alan Segal, Carolyn Osiek, Stephen Reid, Patricia Dutcher-Walls, Charles Hedrick, Bruce Waltke and Tony Michael. The web site also has a good-looking academic reading list, including several on "Anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism", interesting in the light of the criticisms of Mel Gibson's film. See:

Resources

At the bottom of this page, they've listed "Some Films on the Life of Jesus" and they've copied and pasted directly from my Celluloid Jesus index page. Nice to know they're using the NT Gateway, though it would be nicer still if it got a little acknowledgement or even a link!