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Podcast: Bible is Lit
Episode: Twin Stories-Background, Archetypes, and The Polarities of Human Nature
Description: This episode begins a study on Twin representations within The Bible Story. Twins and sibling stories are found all throughout The Bible. This episode looks at twins through the lens of archetypes as a springboard into these four Bible Stories: Cain and Abel, Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, and The Prodigal Sons.
Topics Covered:
-Polarties in The Bible
-The purposeful use of contrast and repetition in ancient literature
-Twins as archetypes.
-Twin stories in history and pop-culture.
-Harry Potter
-Gilgamesh
-Thor and...