Jesus and Brian: Exploring the Historical Jesus and his Times via Monty Python's Life of Brian

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 Historical...

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Main Author: Taylor, Joan E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: London Bloomsbury Publishing 2015
In:Year: 2015
Reviews:[Rezension von: Jesus and Brian] (2019) (De Wet, Chris L., 1982 -)
[Rezension von: Jesus and Brian] (2016) (Baudoin, Anne-Catherine, 1982 -)
Jesus and Brian. Exploring the Historical Jesus and his Times via Monty Python’s Life of Brian (2016) (Tilly, Michael, 1963 -)
Series/Journal:Criminal Practice Ser.
Further subjects:B Jesus Christ -- Historicity
B Life of Brian (Motion picture)
B Electronic books
B Mountain people -- Drama
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505 8 0 |a Cover page; Halftitle page; Title page; Copyright page; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; CONTRIBUTORS; ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION JESUS AND BRIAN: THE CONFERENCE AND THE BOOK; Part I THE FILM IN ITS CINEMATIC CONTEXT, ITS RECEPTION AND ITS CHALLENGES; Chapter 1 MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN AND THE JESUS FILM; Monty Python's Life of Brian and the Jesus Film Compared; Is Monty Python's Life of Brian a Jesus Film?; Conclusion; Chapter 2 THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND'S LIFE OF PYTHON - OR 'WHAT THE BISHOP SAW '; The Film, the Church and the Media; Blasphemy: the Reactions and the Backlash 
505 8 0 |a The Main Criticisms'Take a critical view'; 'you're all individuals' - the Pythons' Real Target; A Missed Opportunity?; Chapter 3 WHEN BRIAN MET MOSES: LIFE OF BRIAN (1979), WHOLLY MOSES (1980) AND THE 'FAILURE' OF BIBLICAL PARODY; Chapter 4 'BLASPHEMY!' ON FREE SPEECH THEN AND NOW; First-century Judaea; Late-1970s Britain; Contemporary Britain; Conclusion; Chapter 5 THE MEANING OF MONTY PYTHON'S JESUS; The Historical Brian/Jesus; The Meaning of the Good Man Jesus; The Jewishness of Jesus; or, On Not Taking Scholarship Too Seriously; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 6 THE GOSPEL OF BRIAN 
505 8 0 |a Part II HISTORY AND INTERPRETATION VIA MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIANChapter 7 THE HISTORICAL BRIAN: RECEPTION EXEGESIS IN PRACTICE; Jesus of the Movies; The Historical Brian; Conclusions; Chapter 8 'ROMANI ITE DOMUM' - EXPRESSIONS OF IDENTITY AND RESISTANCE IN JUDAEA; Conclusion; Chapter 9 'YOU'LL PROBABLY GET AWAY WITH CRUCIFIXION': LAUGHING AT THE CROSS IN BRIAN AND THE ANCIENT WORLD; Parody/Mockery of the Victim; Gallows Humour; Implications for Historical Jesus Research; Chapter 10 BRIAN AS A TEACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS; The Life of Brian as a Cultural Marker; The Teacher of Righteousness 
505 8 0 |a Remembering the TeacherCreating Identity through a Prototype; Conclusion; Chapter 11 BRIAN AND THE APOCALYPTIC JESUS: PARODY AS A HISTORICAL METHOD; Brian and First-Century Apocalypticism; Brian as an Eyewitness to the Life of Jesus; Brian and the Realities of Crucifi xion; Chapter 12 'ARE YOU A VIRGIN?' BIBLICAL EXEGESIS AND THE INVENTION OF TRADITION; Chapter 13 BEARDS FOR SALE: THE UNCUT VERSION OF BRIAN, GENDER AND SEXUALITY; Mrs Cohen, or The Virgin Mandy; Women in Beards; Loretta; Judith; 'I'm Brian, and So's My Wife!' or Ecce Homo; What Has Python Done for Us? 
505 8 0 |a Chapter 14 'WHAT HAVE THE ROMANS EVER DONE FOR US? 'BRIAN AND JOSEPHUS ON ANTI-ROMAN SENTIMENTThe Regional Situation; Rome's Favour Towards Jerusalem; Inter-Ethnic Hostility; John, Simon and Gamala; Conclusions; Chapter 15 HOOK-NOSED HEEBIES: BRIAN, JESUS AND JEWISH IDENTITY; Brian: A Proud Red Sea Pedestrian; Jesus: A Jew but not Proud of it?; Sociology: Differentiation, or Lack Thereof; Narrative: The Villains of the Piece; Theology: 'I am'; Implications; Always Look on the Bright Side . . .; Chapter 16 'THE SHOE IS THE SIGN!' COSTUMING BRIAN AND DRESSING THE FIRST CENTURY 
505 8 0 |a COMPOSITE BIBLIOGRAPHY 
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