I agree. Leaving aside all the religious/spiritual aspects, the Bible has some of the very best straight-up stunning pieces of epic storytelling. Personally, I still want to see a two-part epic based on 1 and 2 Samuel, dealing with David's rise and fall. Plus I want a properly nasty, sex and violence stuffed version of Samson (complete with Delilah shenanigans, and with donkey jawbone slaying a thousand Philistine antics). The finale - as he has his eyes gouged out and loses his strength, only for God to restore it to bring self-destructing vengeance on the Philistines - could have real tragic pathos.

And can you imagine what would happen if someone like Paul Verhoeven were to make a film of the end of Judges? It starts with gang rape and dismemberement and builds from there to the full blown massacre of the tribe of Benjamin. Staggerinly bloodthirsty stuff, but could be entertainingly and contentiously bonkers on the cinema screen.