For the person asking about books relating to Biblical Epics: Bibical epics are part of the larger subject of epic films, so do add to your bibliography Baird Searles' Epic!: History on the Big Screen (1990), Abrams. Some good insights in a large book heavy with film photographs, 239 pp. Not a book aimed at scholars... but part of the film epic publication record. Also, see John Cary's Spectacular: The Story of Epic Films. London, Castle, 1974. And of course a good Biblical Epics bibliography will likely include books about Cecil B. DeMille. Such as: The Films of Cecil B. DeMille, by Gene Ringgold and DeWitt Bodeen. New York, Citadel, 1969. Or DeMille's autobiography, The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille, edited by Donal Hayne, Prentice-Hall, 1959. Or for that matter, books about Charlton Heston, who was in two great epics and had one book written about him called Charleton Heston: The Epic Presence, London: Columbus Books, 1977. He certainly was in a few of the great Biblical Epics. Or try, In the Arena: An Autobiography, by Heston, 1995.... or his The Actor's Life: Journals 1956-1976, edited by Hollis Alpert, 1976 (E. P. Dutton of NY). Of course, other directors and actors are as useful, though these surely are primary ones. But Heston may have made a good bit of a career out of just Ben Hur and The Ten Commandments, two landmarks in the Biblical Epic phenomenon. See the chapter on these films in Charlton Heston's Hollywood: 50 Years in American Film, by Charleton Heston and Jean-Pierre Isbouts (G T Publishing, 1998--NY). There's a slender book called Movie Christs, with short chapters on the many faces of Christ, presented in unsuspected and places and guises. Some of the films referenced are epics, of course. Seems like it was published in the early 1990s. A few Biblical Epics are discussed wisely in Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies, edited by Mark C. Carnes. None of these are definitive works on Epics or Biblical Epics, and they all vary in the measure of scholarly attention to interpretation, but they are all part of the epic bibliographical ongoing effort to deal with this genre. Of course, I assume you are also consulting the several histories of film, such as David A. Cook's classic A History of Narrative Film. You'll find references to Samson and Delilah and Ben-Hur, among others therein. Gary Harmon ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]