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  2. Christ figure - Wikipedia

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    A Christ figure, also known as a Christ-Image, is a literary technique that the author uses to draw allusions between their characters and the biblical Jesus.More loosely, the Christ figure is a spiritual or prophetic character who parallels Jesus, or other spiritual or prophetic figures.

  3. Biblical allusions in Shakespeare - Wikipedia

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    The biblical references in each of Shakespeare's plays are then analyzed, as are his references to the Prayer Book and the homilies. The question of what constitutes a valid biblical reference is also discussed." Shaheen, Naseeb. Biblical References in Shakespeare’s Plays Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-61149-358-0.

  4. The Gospel According to Peanuts - Wikipedia

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    The Gospel According to Peanuts is a 1965 book written by Robert L. Short about Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strip. The book is based on Short's use of the Peanuts characters to illustrate his lectures about the Christian Gospel. The book was a best seller and sold over 10 million copies. [1] Summary:

  5. Themes of Neon Genesis Evangelion - Wikipedia

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    [24] [25] SEELE's logo refers to biblical descriptions of God having seven eyes (Zechariah 3:9, the "stone with seven eyes", and Revelation 5:6, where the Lamb of God has seven eyes). [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Broderick writes, "Anno's project is a postmodernist retelling of the Genesis myth , as his series title implies— Neon Genesis Evangelion .

  6. Category:Bible in popular culture - Wikipedia

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  7. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Wikipedia

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    Ben-Hur ' s success also led to its popularity as a promotional tool and a prototype for popular culture merchandising. [93] It was not the only novel to have related popular culture products, but Wallace and his publisher were the first to legally protect and successfully promote the use of their literary work for commercial purposes. [107]

  8. The Day of the Locust - Wikipedia

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    The title of West's work may be a biblical allusion to the Old Testament. Susan Sanderson writes: The most famous literary or historical reference to locusts is in the Book of Exodus in the Bible, in which God sends a plague of locusts to the pharaoh of Egypt as retribution for refusing to free the enslaved Jews. Millions of locusts swarm over ...

  9. Divine Comedy in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Dante is depicted (bottom, centre) in Andrea di Bonaiuto's 1365 fresco Church Militant and Triumphant in the Santa Maria Novella church, Florence. In 1373, a little more than half a century after Dante's death, the Florentine authorities softened their attitude to him and decided to establish a department for the study of the Divine Comedy.