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How parenthood has changed the way I read ancient childhood stories about Jesus, Mary and Joseph

  • Written by Christopher A. Frilingos, Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, Michigan State University
imageHanging church courtyard tile mural showing holy family traveling.Daniel Mayer (Own work), via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

As Christmas approaches, many Christians will reflect on the Nativity, or birth of Jesus. The Christian Bible includes two different stories of the birth of Jesus, found in the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke. But...

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