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Evenstar1 · 10-16-2002, 08:31 PM

I read somewhere that JRRT specifically denounced that LOTR was any attempt at a direct parallel with any Biblical stories. It was a sticking-point of his with friend CS Lewis, who chose to make obvious parallels with Christianity in "The Chronicles of Narnia." However, Tolkien seems to have veered from this path later in life, as he worked more and more on the Silmarillion. (Or, that's what I read somewhere, at least...) [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

10-16-2002, 08:31 PM	#2
Evenstar1 Wight Join Date: May 2002 Location: Colorado (just east of the Misty Mts.) Posts: 111	I read somewhere that JRRT specifically denounced that LOTR was any attempt at a direct parallel with any Biblical stories. It was a sticking-point of his with friend CS Lewis, who chose to make obvious parallels with Christianity in "The Chronicles of Narnia." However, Tolkien seems to have veered from this path later in life, as he worked more and more on the Silmarillion. (Or, that's what I read somewhere, at least...) [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ - Eve