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From Jesus to Elf: A Partial Genealogy of Dives, or Why Elf is Not a Bad Movie

Elf A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is an inversion of the parable of Lazarus and Dives. The lesson of Passion and Patience in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is an allegorized form of the parable of Lazarus and Dives. It’s a Wonderful Life is an inversion … Continue reading

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