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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...

The people who wrote the Christmas stories lived in a world filled with angels. They expected angels, and they expected the ancient prophets to reappear. When Jesus asked his disciples what people were saying about him, they said: ‘Some say [you are] John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets’ (Matt. 16:14). Mark records Herod’s fear: Some said, ‘John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; that is why these powers are at work in him [Jesus].’ But others said,
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