Posted by Dr. Don at asm2.mit.edu on November 17, 1999 at 13:40:24:
In Reply to: minor differences posted by Sagan on November 17, 1999 at 11:59:25:
: I waited until after I saw the movie to read the script too, and noticed : a couple differences.
As did I.
: In the movie, they tone down the idea of Joseph and Mary having sex
Which I thought was really weird, because that's in the bible. According
to the gospel of Matthew, Jesus had four brothers and some unmentioned
number of sisters.
: Metatron said Noah was a drunk instead of Moses.
Which is also in the Bible.
I noticed that the movie was generally much more aware of the historical
and textual facts (except for the Jesus's siblings bit) than the draft I
read, which had Rufus spout some *completely* inaccurate stuff about the
Apocrypha (which is *in* the Catholic bible) and the Dead Sea Scrolls
(which only conspiracy theorists think are directly related to
Christianity).
FWIW,
Don Smith (no relation)