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Anne Rice’s Christ the Lord
By
Ben Witherington
Christ the Lord— Out of Egypt, Anne Rice (N.Y.: Knopf, 2005) Anne Rice has, by now become something of a household name through the enormous sales of her novels since her first one appeared in 1974, and so it comes as no surprise that this year saw another Anne Rice novel appear on the market.…
Making Child’s Play of the Movies
By
Ben Witherington
Two recent films which either involve or directly target children have been much ballyhooed, but in the case of one of them, Chicken Little, it is hard to see why. Chicken Little is yet another animated version of a classic story, only this time, for good measure the story of Chicken Little has been taken…
Etan’s Story
By
Ben Witherington
He met me there at the airport holding his yellow CBS bag. His English was faltering, and my modern Israeli Hebrew even less good, yet we immediately we made human contact. There was something poignant about him. He was young, almost a baby face, and yet there was a hardness to him despite his sweet…
Firefly/Serenity
By
Ben Witherington
Once in a while there is actually a TV series that is worth watching every episode of, and indeed watching them repeatedly. And wouldn’t you know it, the network that aired it (FOX) canceled the show before it had even been on the air eight weeks. “Firefly” is a remarkably fun space western (the premise…
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