Escaping shame: Mary's dilemma and the birthplace of Jesus

"The only narratives of Jesus' birth locate the event in Bethlehem, but the adult Jesus is consistently associated with Nazareth. How do we reconcile these two indisputable facts? Some dismiss Bethlehem as a theologoumenon, a theological fabrication. Others insist on Bethlehem based on the...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Croy, N. Clayton 1955- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Subito Delivery Service: Order now.
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
WorldCat: WorldCat
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2022]
In: Novum Testamentum / Supplements (volume 187)
Year: 2022
Reviews:[Rezension von: Croy, N. Clayton, 1955-, Escaping shame : Mary's dilemma and the birthplace of Jesus] (2023) (Gray, Patrick, 1970 -)
Series/Journal:Novum Testamentum / Supplements volume 187
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Jesus Christus / Place of birth / Exegesis
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Jews Politics and government To 70 A.D
B Stigma (Social psychology)
B Jesus Christ Birthplace
Online Access: Table of Contents
Blurb
Literaturverzeichnis
Parallel Edition:Electronic
Erscheint auch als: Croy, N. Clayton: Escaping shame. - Leiden : Brill, [2022]. - 9789004370906
Description
Summary:"The only narratives of Jesus' birth locate the event in Bethlehem, but the adult Jesus is consistently associated with Nazareth. How do we reconcile these two indisputable facts? Some dismiss Bethlehem as a theologoumenon, a theological fabrication. Others insist on Bethlehem based on the census of Quirinius. In the present volume, N. Clayton Croy argues that both are wrong. Instead Jesus' birthplace was determined by the scandalous nature of Mary's pregnancy, with it being necessary for Mary and Joseph to escape the inevitable shame of an ill-timed conception and decamp to a less hostile environment. In this light, a Bethlehem-born Jesus who grew up in Nazareth should never have been considered problematic"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9004517014