In Popular Culture
The idea of Jesus having relatives features in the following tales:
- Dogma (1999) relies on the idea that Jesus had half-siblings conceived by Mary with Joseph, characters arguing that it was unrealistic to assume that Joseph stayed with Mary all that time without having sex with her
- The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, creating the idea that 'Jesus' and 'Christ' were two different people, with Jesus preaching the message while his brother Christ calculated how best to use that message to influence others
- The Red Dwarf series ten episode "Lemons" includes the idea that Judas was actually the twin brother of Jesus, who died in his place to 'fake' the resurrection and spread Jesus' gospel
Read more about this topic: Brothers Of Jesus
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)