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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...

that mystical experiences were known when the Christmas stories were written. One text describes an unnamed person who sits in the congregation of the heavenly beings (4Q 491.11); another prays that someone may stand with the angels of the presence (1QSb IV); in another, someone declares he has been cleansed of great sin in order to stand among the holy ones, the sons of heaven (1QH XI). John described his own ascent to stand among the angels. First he saw the risen LORD in the outer part of the
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