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Dirge · 02-24-2008, 10:50 AM

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Toto · 02-24-2008, 06:03 PM

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ABOUT THIS SITE:

WHAT IS IT?

Commonly, work of this sort is called, Creative Nonfiction, but I prefer to simply call it Fiction. If you have already read some of the stories, you will realize that they are irreverent and skewed.

While these characters really lived, and the main account of their deeds, actions, and ideas is presented factually to a degree, poetic license has been taken with all of them (adding details that are true to their characters, but invented; one might say the anecdotes are correct, but illusory), therefore, all of this work, real and not real, is presented as FICTION,

All that said, there are a lot of "twin" themes in classical literature and the Bible, but I don't think that this site is very helpful in understanding them.

karlmarx · 02-26-2008, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Toto

All that said, there are a lot of "twin" themes in classical literature and the Bible, but I don't think that this site is very helpful in understanding them.

No, I don't either.

There are plenty of stories regarding Jesus' twin brother. Although there is plenty in Freke & Gandy I disagree with, I did like their Gnostic interpretation of the twin brother theme (i.e. that Jesus and his twin correspond to spirit and body, respectively). If I recall correctly, they did refer to Gnostic gospels that tell of the story of Jesus' brother being crucified while Jesus himself stood at a distance laughing (this story really only makes sense with a Gnostic interpretation).

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