The Greek text of 1 Enoch 106:10-13,18<\/b>:<\/p>\n
Just now a child has been born to Lamech my son
and his form and his image are [not like human beings
and his color is] whiter than snow
and redder than a rose
and the hair of his head is whiter than wool
and his eyes are different \u2013 like the rays of the sun!
And he stood up from the midwife\u2019s hands
and opening his mouth he blessed the Lord of the age!
And my son Lamech was alarmed
and he fled to me
and he does not believe that it is his son
but that [it is] from the angels\u2026<\/p>\nThen I [Enoch] answered saying,
\u201cThe Lord will renew order on the earth\u2026
And this child that was born will be left to survive
and his three children will be saved when those on earth have died.
And he will wean the earth from the corruption that is in it.
And now say to Lamech,
\u2018The child is yours rightly and purely.
Call his name Noah
for he will be your survivor on whom you can rest,
[he] and his sons from the earth\u2019s corruption
and all the sinners and all things fulfilled on the earth\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\nBiblical Antiquities (Pseudo-Philo) 9.10<\/b><\/p>\n
And the spirit of God fell on Miriam at night
And she saw a dream
and she recounted it to her parents that morning saying
\u201cI saw [a dream] this night
and look! a man was standing there in linen clothing.
And he said to me
\u2018Go and say to your parents
\u201cLook! What is born from you will be thrown out in the water.
In the same way water will be dried up through him.
And I will do signs by him
and I will save my people
and he himself holds leadership always\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\nAnd when Miriam recounted her dream
her parents did not believe her.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nBoth of the above quotes from primary sources are reproduced in Antoinette Clark Wire\u2019s chapter \u201cWomen\u2019s History From Birth-Prophecy Stories\u201d in Christian Origins<\/a><\/i> edited by Richard A. Horsley (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005) pp.74-75.<\/p>\n
Now for the links I promised to other Christmas-related posts around the blogosphere:<\/p>\n
Peter Kirk has a very recent post entitled Fully human and born of a virgin<\/a>, to which Doug Chaplin has already responded<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Another astronomer is trying to explain the star of Bethlehem<\/a>. But once one realizes that the star in Matthew\u2019s story behaves in a way that no star, planet, planetary conjunction, supernova or comet could (by leading the Magi first to Jerusalem, to ensure a slaughter will ensue, and then to a specific house in Bethlehem), the question of whether the story is based on a vague misremembered recollection of an actual astronomical phenomenon, or on nothing but symbolism, becomes impossible to determine and thus moot.<\/p>\n
A Christmas-related interview with John Dominic Crossan<\/a><\/p>\n
Crossan Speaks About Christmas and More<\/a><\/p>\n
What a family home looked like in Jesus\u2019 time<\/a><\/p>\n
Michael Halcomb offers several posts on the relationship between Christmas traditions and Scripture<\/a>, and also asks Why December 25th?<\/a><\/p>\n
Deane\u2019s blog discusses the incompatibility of the nativity stories in Matthew and Luke<\/a>, a theme I\u2019ve also tackled on this blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n
A call to Boycott Nativity Plays!<\/a><\/p>\n
Santa Claus and Quantum Mechanics<\/a><\/p>\n
Christ came as an embryo<\/a><\/p>\n
Has all the early focus on Christmas totally displaced Advent<\/i><\/a>?<\/p>\n
The Mary we never knew (Syrian tradition)<\/a><\/p>\n
Holy Mothers Of God<\/a><\/p>\n
Wise Men Denied Security Permits To Visit Baby Jesus<\/a><\/p>\n
God, vulnerable<\/a><\/p>\n
Some of Ben Witherington\u2019s Christmas poems<\/a><\/p>\n
Twelve Days Of Jesus Junk<\/a> and Twelve Days of X-mas: The Bottom Line<\/a><\/p>\n
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