30. Rethinking Advent - The Nativity

Episode 30: Rethinking Advent - The Nativity

December 21, 2021 - Host: Dr. Gregory Hall

When we think of the advent of the Christ, many of our perceptions are based scene at the nativity. We in the Western culture often picture a barn housing the family that night. In the east, they prefer a cave setting. But does the text, and recent archeology give us any clues as to a different possibility? 

Referenced Resources:

• Opening Question - "Isn't there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?"  posed by Charlie Brown in A Charlie Brown Christmas.A tv movie from 1965.
• Marquand, A. (1911). Exegetical Theology. Review of The Church of the Nativity at Bethlehem by W. Harvey, W. R. Lethaby, O. M. Dalton, H. A. A. Conso and A. C. Headlans. Edited by R. Weir Schultz. The Princeton Theological Review, IX(1–4), 676.
• LeFebvre, Michael (December 7, 2021) Online article: Jesus Was Probably Born in a Relative's House, Not an Inn. https://hebraicthought.org/jesus-born-relatives-house-not-an-inn/
• LeFebvre, Michael. Luke 2 and Jesus' Birthplace (Vimeo Video). 

Show Music:

• Intro Song - jazzy bells (jingle bells) by Dee Yan-Key - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dee_Yan-Key/my_christmas_music/02--Dee_Yan-Key-jazzy_bells
• Ending Song -Away In A Manger by Janene Michalak - https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Janene_Michalak/Our_Friendly_Beasts/Janene_Michalak_-_Our_Friendly_Beasts_2015_-_14_Away_In_A_Manger 

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