Text for DA Podcast Ep 95

 

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Virgin Births in Ancient Culture

Virgin Births in Greek and Hebrew Culture

 

Show Notes

We look for origins of the Virgin Birth doctrine in Christianity.  Principally we search the Greek and Hebrew cultures that are the context behind the birth narratives in Matthew and Luke’s gospels. What we don’t conclude is that the origin of the Virgin Birth was that mistake in the translation of the Old Testament into Greek, which created for the first time “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son…”. But we do wonder if the first version of Luke even had the Virgin Birth.

Links:

Greco Roman Literature and the New Testament : Selected Forms and Genres. Jan. 1988 by David E Aune (Editor)

From John Nelson’s Behind the Gospels, Aug 08, 2024 “How to Write an Infancy Narrative: A Seven-Step Guide to Ancient Birth Stories”

https://www.behindthegospels.com/p/how-to-write-an-infancy-narrative?utm_source=publication-search

And

https://www.behindthegospels.com/p/is-matthews-story-of-the-virgin-birth

 

The early creed which seems to deny the Virgin Birth doctrine: Romans 1:3–4

 

Mark Goodacre thinks Mary conceiving out of wedlock might be an origin. NT Pod 64

https://podacre.blogspot.com/2012/12/nt-pod-64-is-virgin-birth-based-on.html

 

The Bart Ehrman Blog - Why Was Jesus Born of a Virgin in Matthew and Luke?

https://ehrmanblog.org/why-was-jesus-born-of-a-virgin-in-matthew-and-luke/

 

 

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