Was the Birth of Jesus According to Scripture?

Steve Moyise

ISBN 10: 0281071063 / ISBN 13: 9780281071067

Published by SPCK Publishing, 2013

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Was the Birth of Jesus According to Scripture? | Steve Moyise | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2013 | SPCK Publishing | EAN 9780281071067 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Was the Birth of Jesus According to Scripture?
• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0281071063
• ISBN 13: 9780281071067
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 8D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 8 millimeters depth
• Weight: 169 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Each Christmas, the birth of Jesus is celebrated through carols, Bible readings, and nativity plays. The angelic announcements to Mary and Elizabeth, Jesus' birth in a manger, and the gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh are some of the best-known stories in the Bible. But did they really happen? And were they predicted by Israel's prophets, as the Bible claims? Steve Moyise suggests that the clue to answering these questions is to understand how Israel's Scriptures were being interpreted in Jesus' day. Was Isaiah thinking of a virgin birth when he uttered his famous prophecy (Isa 7:14), or is that a later Christian interpretation? Was there a star that led the magi to Bethlehem or should the story be taken symbolically? These and other questions are fully explored and the results are sometimes surprising.

About the Author

Steve Moyise is Professor of New Testament at the University of Chichester. His most recent publications include Evoking Scripture: Seeing the Old Testament in the New (T&T Clark 2008) Paul and Scripture (SPCK 2009) and Jesus and Scripture (SPCK 2010).