Guest editor:David Tollerton is Lecturer in Jewish Studies and Contemporary Biblical Cultures at the University of Exeter, UK.Biblical Reception Editors:David J.A. Clines is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK.J. Cheryl Exum is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK.

The return of the ‘Bible epic’ to our screens … coincides with recent scholarly interest in the Bible in Film … and this absorbing volume by a group of UK- and Ireland-based scholars addresses some of the issues raised by the phenomenon.

• PrefaceAcknowledgements1. ‘Hmmm … But Loved the Plagues’: On Engaging with Ridley Scott’s Epic and its Audiences - David Tollerton, University of Exeter, UK.2. Depicting the Divine: The Ambiguity of Exodus 3 in Exodus: Gods and KingsMatthew A. Collins – University of Chester, UK.3. Exodus: Male Gods and Kings - J. Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield, UK. 4. Interpreting the Entrails: Religion and Violence in Exodus: Gods and KingsJon Morgan – University of Chester, UK. 5. ‘See this Great Sight’: Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings and the Evolution of Biblical Spectacle in the Cinema -- David Shepherd, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.6. Once Upon an Apocalypse: Exodus, Disaster, and a Long, Long Time Ago?Michelle Fletcher – University of Kent, UK.7. Picturing the Plagues and Parting the Waves: The Biblical Effect in Exodus: Gods and Kings -- Samuel Tongue, University of Glasgow, UK. 8. The Birth of a Nation: Civil Religion and Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and KingsCatherine Wheatley – King’s College London, UK.9. Exodus: Gods and Kings and the Secular-Religious Transgression of Sacred Boundaries -- David Tollerton, University of Exeter, UK.