At Christmas, Christians celebrate that Jesus was born on December 25 as the son of God andthe Virgin Mary. But this event is not unique. In this article, I show that the birth of Jesus hasseveral non-Christian predecessors, whereby various elements of the ritual dynamics have beenChristianized and implemented into the figure we know today as Jesus Christ
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The aim of this article is to query the established wisdom that the celebration of consumerist value...
Excerpt: Throughout the year, but especially at Christmas, we celebrate the coming of Christ to the...
This chapter examines several distinct strands in the New Testament’s reflection on Jesus’ Nativity:...
ABSTRACT As important as the birth of Jesus is in Christianity, the Christian world has doubts abou...
No Christian text does not specify what day of the year was born Jesus Christ. Christmas is not part...
As the products of diligent human effort in understanding his own existence and the universe myths h...
Abstract. Christmas of Jesus Christ is an annual celebration whose history is often neglected. As an...
The contemporary Christological debate on Jesus’ sonship and divinityship has posed a great challeng...
The article presents the earliest reference to the celebration of Christmas as a holiday or feast, n...
The first Christian testimonies about the celebration of Christmas The article pre...
In all world's religions there are some holidays and as a great religion- of the world Christianity ...
an alternative view about why God became human, expressed both in the scriptures and in Christian tr...
In this text I analyse Christmas as a ritual, invented tradition, which helps, among other things, t...
This article points to recent scholarship by Dr. Walter F. Taylor Jr. then applies insights from his...
Today we use Luke 1–2, especially the story of Jesus’ birth, as the basis for our worship during Adv...
The aim of this article is to query the established wisdom that the celebration of consumerist value...
Excerpt: Throughout the year, but especially at Christmas, we celebrate the coming of Christ to the...
This chapter examines several distinct strands in the New Testament’s reflection on Jesus’ Nativity:...
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