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In Christmas, the Original Story Margaret Barker explores the nature of the Christmas stories and the nature and use of Old Testament prophecy. Beginning with John’s account, it then goes on to include Luke and Matthew, the apocryphal gospels, and the traditions of the Coptic Church, to throw light upon wise men and their gifts, the character of Herod, Matthew’s use of prophecy, the holy family...

There were also questions about the ‘first’ birth, the birth in eternity of the Son of God, and here there was no guidance in the Old Testament. The relationship of God Most High and Son of God had to be deduced from the titles. The most ancient description of God Most High was ‘Begetter of heaven and earth’ (Gen. 14:19, translating literally): this was how Melchizedek blessed his God. Later sensitivities modified the language, because in the sixth century BCE, there were massive developments in
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