About the Author

Gunnlaugur A. Jónsson is Professor of Old Testament Studies at the University of Iceland since 1995. He received a doctoral degree in theology from the University of Lund, Sweden, with the dissertation The Image of God: Genesis 1:26-28 in a Century of Old Testament Research (1988). Thorkell Ágúst Óttarsson has a B.A. degree in Theology and is working on his M.A. thesis within the field of theology and film. He has written books and papers in Icelandic on religion and theological themes in films, i.e. on theological themes in war films.