As the best-selling book of all time and a foundational work for several major religions of the world, it's no surprise that The Bible has received countless adaptations and Derivative Works. This page aims at listing as many of them as possible. Note that not all of them are set in Bible Times.
This page will be sorted by publication date and some parts will be sorted by individual book in the Bible.
- Sistine Chapel (1508-1541). The paintings' subjects range from the Book of Genesis to the Book of Revelation.
Anime & Manga
- In the Beginning: The Bible Stories (1992-1997), a series that mainly retells stories of the Old Testament with the final episode being the Birth of Jesus.
Films — Live-Action
- Wholly Moses! (1980), a Parody film written by Guy Thomas and directed by Gary Weis. Mostly chronicles the life of Moses but also throws in characters from other books in the Bible such as Sodom and Gomorrah or David and Goliath.
Literature
- The Divine Comedy (1308-1320), Dante Alighieri's epic poem that also triples as a Crossover Work and Self-Insert Fic.
Live-Action TV
- The Bible (2013), a miniseries on The History Channel.
- AD: The Bible Continues (2015), a successor series to the above by the same producers, albeit with a full cast change and Channel Hop.
Video Games
- The Baker Street Kids series (1984-86) is an educational Apple ][ and Commodore 64 game distributed by Baker Book House, developed by Brian A. Rice, Inc., and published by Educational Publishing Concepts. This is based on the stories writen by father-son duo V. Gilbert Beers and Ronald A. Beers, in which the titular gang of fun-loving children dress up for a Sunday school play and reenact stories from the Bible.
Web Animation
- DarkMatter2525: Half of the videos on the channel re-enact events from the Bible but in a fairly satirical, comedic, and often critical manner.
Western Animation
- The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1986–1993), a series of animated films on VHS, produced by Hanna-Barbera
- VeggieTales (1993-present): Stories from the Bible are retold via talking fruit and vegetables.
- Testament: The Bible in Animation (1996)
- Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible (1998)
The Book of Genesis is best known for the creation of the world, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and the ark, Sodom and Gomorrah, the story of Lot, and the story of Abraham.
Art
- The Sin (1893)
Films — Animation
- Father Noah's Ark (1933), a Silly Symphonies short film.
- Noah's Ark (1959), a Stop Motion short film by Disney.
- Joseph: King of Dreams (2000), the prequel to The Prince of Egypt.
Films — Live-Action
- Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
- The Bible (1966), an epic directed by John Huston. Retells The Creation, The Great Flood, The Tower of Babel, and the story of Abraham.
- Noah (2014)
Theatre
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1968), a Sung-Through Musical written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber about Joseph, the son of Jacob.
Video Games
- Noah's Ark (1992), a Platform Game for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
- Super 3D Noah's Ark (1994), a First-Person Feeder game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
The Book of Exodus (as well as Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) famously tells the story of Moses, how he liberated the Hebrews from slavery in Ancient Egypt, guided them to the Promised Land through Sinai, and received the Ten Commandments from God.
Films — Animation
- The Prince of Egypt (1998), a film produced by Dreamworks Animation.
- Moses: Egypt's Great Prince (1998), mockbuster to the above.
- The Ten Commandments (2007), a computer animated made Promenade Pictures.
Films — Live-Action
- The Ten Commandments (1923), a silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille starring Theodore Roberts.
- The Ten Commandments (1956), the remake of the 1923 film also directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Charlton Heston and Yul Brynner.
- Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), film directed by Ridley Scott starring Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton.
Live-Action TV
- Moses the Lawgiver (1974 miniseries), starring Burt Lancaster.
- Moses (1995 miniseries), starring Ben Kingsley.
The Book of Judges is best known for the story of Samson and Delilah.
Films — Live-Action
- Samson and Delilah (1949), an Epic Movie directed by Cecil B. DeMille starring Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr as the titular characters.
- Samson and Delilah (1996), a remake of the 1949 film.
The Books of Samuel are best known for the story of David Versus Goliath, the former becoming King David.
Art
Films — Live-Action
- King David (1985), a film starring Richard Gere in the titular role. There are bits from the First Book of Kings and Psalms thrown in but the story predominantly adapts the First and Second Books of Samuel via a Compressed Adaptation.
- King Solomon (1997), a Made-for-TV Movie about Solomon, the son of King David.
The Four Gospels cover the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
Art
Anime & Manga
- My Last Day (2011), a short film by Studio 4°C depicting the passion and death of Jesus.
Films — Animation
- The Star (2017)
Films — Live-Action
- From the Manger to the Cross (1912)
- Ben-Hur: Several episodes of Jesus' life are woven into the story.
- The King of Kings (1927)
- King of Kings (1961)
- Barabbas (1961)
- The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
- Jesus (1973), an Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by P. A. Thomas.
- Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979), a comedic film from the Monty Python troupe about a man who goes through a journey that parallels Jesus.
- Jesus (1979)
- Jesus - The Film (1986), an experimental film by Michael Brynntrup.
- The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
- The Three Magi (2001) — Comedy in which The Three Wise Men travel in time to modern-day.
- The Gospel of John (2003)
- The Passion of the Christ (2004)
- The Nativity Story (2006)
- Son of God (2014), a Compilation Movie of the Jesus parts from The Bible (2013).
- Risen (2016)
- Mary Magdalene (2018)
Literature
Live-Action TV
- Jesus of Nazareth (1977), a miniseries.
- Jesus (1999), also a miniseries.
- The Chosen (2017), a multi-season show.
Music
- Hero (2003), a modernized Rock Opera by Eddie DeGarmo and Bob Farrell.
Radio
- The Man Born to Be King (1941-1942)
Theatre
- Godspell (1970)
- Jesus Christ Superstar (1971), a Rock Opera written by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
