Biblical Reception is rapidly becoming the go-to annual publication for all matters related to the reception of the bible. The annual addresses all kinds of use of the bible in art, music, literature, film and popular culture, as well as in the history of interpretation.

For this fourth edition of the annual, guest editor David Tollerton has commissioned pieces specifically on the use of the bible in one film: Exodus: Gods and Kings and these chapters consider how the film uses the bible, and how the bible functions within the film.

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.

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. '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 Kings
Matthew 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 Kings
Jon 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 Kings
Catherine 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.