Book 7 predictions

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 97825

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "vmonte" <vmonte at y...> wrote:
> Jim Ferer wrote:
> 
> JKR has said in an interview something to the effect that there are
> Biblical parallels to her story and that those familiar will the Bible
> will figure out what's coming. (Somebody correct this, but I'm pretty
> sure the drift is correct.) The parallel isn't perfect, but the idea
> of self-sacrifice for others is right on.
> 
> 
> vmonte responds:
> 
> If there are biblical parallels, that means that someone will martyr 
> themselves for a cause; and there is a Judas within the Order. Will 
> someone also rise from the dead, or perhaps reincarnate? 

JKR has indicated Biblical parallels, *not* that every element in the
Passion story will have an exact analogue in Harry's story. I always
have taken it to suggest the idea of sacrificing oneself for the sake
of others.