RS235 Lecture 6: RS 235 Lecture 6
3 Mar 2016
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He has one but it is between jesus" baptism and his temptation. It is related in luke in his ministry not his birth. There are two birth narratives; john (born to some old people who cannot have children) and jesus (born to someone who is still a virgin: extraordinary births. Joseph plays almost no role; zechariah plays a small one: here is it the women who play the prominent role (mary and elizabeth) Central feature of the narrative of john"s birth is to highlight that it is god"s action. Similar to hanna"s song as well (who also had a child with god"s intervention)
