A Child is Born Session 4: Jesus

PREMIUM | A Child is Born | Sessions

Author Amy-Jill Levine links the sessions of this study together by connecting the narrative of Jesus’s conception and birth to a number of related stories in the history and scriptures of Israel.

Speakers:Amy-Jill Levine

Writers:Amy-Jill Levine

Topics:Jesus Birth

Source:Abingdon Press

Sessions

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A Child is Born Session 1: Children of Abraham

Amy-Jill Levine discusses the births of Isaac and Ishmael, half-brothers whose divergent fates in Genesis confront us with a difficult moral questions.

Amy-Jill Levine

11:34

A Child is Born Session 2: Samson

Amy-Jill Levine explores the birth and conception of Samson in Judges, pointing out its humor and the ways it parallels and deviates from other birth stories in...

Amy-Jill Levine

11:16

A Child is Born Session 3: Samuel

Amy-Jill Levine delves into the story of Hannah and the birth of Samuel, noting what this story tells us about God’s role in human fertility and the role of p...

Amy-Jill Levine

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