Tag: Herod

• The Birth of Moses (ii)

  Following on from the previous post, let’s say some more about the legend of the birth of Moses. It’s worth noting that there is a Hebrew word תֵּבָה (tevah) which appears in only two places in the Hebrew Bible. It means a box, or a chest. It’s used, firstly, of Noah’s Ark in the Genesis…

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  25th Oct 2022

  Christianity, Hebrew Bible, Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, Mythology, New Testament, Old Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Biblical Criticism, Hebrew Bible, Herod, Jesus, Legends, Matthew's Gospel, Moses, Noah, Transfiguration

• The Nativity Stories (i) Asking Questions

  Now that December has come, it’s time to revisit the endlessly enchanting nativity stories found in the gospels of Matthew and Luke. I use the word “stories”, firstly because these are not historical accounts and, secondly, because there are two of them, even though the yearly ‘nativity plays’ join them up, and present them as…

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  14th Dec 2021

  Christmas, Jesus of Nazareth, Mythology, New Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Bethlehem, Christmas, Gospels, Herod, Luke, Matthew, Nativity, Nazareth

• The Venerable Bede has much to answer for …

  In these days when political correctness matters, as does equality, non-discrimination and sensitivity about giving offence, we refer to dates as being either BCE – before the common era, or CE – in the common era. Previously of course, in the days when the Christian Church called many of the shots across much of the…

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  22nd Feb 2021

  Current Affairs, Environment, Religion

  Bede, Calendar, Christ, Herod, Jesus, Millennium