{"id":4018,"date":"2016-05-29T23:40:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T15:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/29\/what-the-the-bible-and-game-of-thrones-have-in-common\/"},"modified":"2016-05-29T23:40:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T15:40:28","slug":"what-the-the-bible-and-game-of-thrones-have-in-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/29\/what-the-the-bible-and-game-of-thrones-have-in-common\/","title":{"rendered":"What the the Bible and &#039;Game of Thrones&#039; have in common"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f100410%2fgettyimages-146326638\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/KUrula6UzPmjzICtoQT8eud0zVU=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F100410%2FGettyImages-146326638.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=What+the+the+Bible+and+%27Game+of+Thrones%27+have+in+common&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F28%2Fresurrection-bible-game-of-thrones%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F28%2Fresurrection-bible-game-of-thrones%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b>Warning: Contains spoilers from <i>Game of Thrones<\/i> Season 6.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Events in HBO\u2019s <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hbo.com\/game-of-thrones\">Game of Thrones<\/a> <\/i>TV series have got people talking about what it means to return from the dead. But while resurrection appears to be a very real possibility for some of the religions of mythical Westeros\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">\u00a0not least Jon Snow\u2019s resurrector, the \u201cred priestess\u201d, Melisandre\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">\u00a0what\u00a0can\u00a0the Bible add to the discussion?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In fact, coming back from the dead was a fairly rare event around the time of Jesus<a href=\"http:\/\/comingbacktolife.mcgill.ca\/\">Very few ancient Greeks and Romans ever managed to make it out of Hades<\/a>, but those who did were heroes, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perseus.tufts.edu\/Herakles\/cerberus.html\">Hercules<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Protesilaus-Greek-mythologyhttp:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Protesilaus-Greek-mythology\">Protesilaus<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/28\/resurrection-bible-game-of-thrones\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/christianity\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Christianity<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/resurrection\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Resurrection<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/game-of-thrones-season-6\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Game Of Thrones Season 6<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/game-of-thrones\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Game Of Thrones<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/jesus\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Jesus<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<a href='http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?iu=\/6692\/mash.to\/rss&amp;pos=atf&amp;tag=ad&amp;mtype=standard&amp;type=rss&amp;sz=300x250&amp;c=1464534248' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?iu=\/6692\/mash.to\/rss&amp;pos=atf&amp;tag=ad&amp;mtype=standard&amp;type=rss&amp;sz=300x250&amp;c=1464534248'><br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/gprtQx7m5oc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning: Contains spoilers from Game of Thrones Season 6. Events in HBO\u2019s Game of Thrones TV series have got people talking about what it means to return from the dead. 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