Jesus and Moses
It's interesting comparing the birth stories of Moses and Jesus and noting the striking similarities:
Pharaoh feels threatened by the growing number of Israelites (Exodus 1:9)
Herod feels threatened by the impending birth of a king (Matt 2:3)
Pharaoh is deceived by the midwives (Exodus 1:19)
Herod is deceived by the magi (Matt 2:12)
Pharaoh orders the death of little boys (Exodus 1:22)
Herod orders the death of little boys (Matt 2:16)
Moses escapes by hiding in Pharaoh's house (Exodus 2:10)
Jesus escapes by hiding in Egypt (Matt 2:13)
Perhaps there's some truth to the following comment by Alvin Kuhn, "The sacred scriptures are written in a language of myth and symbol and the Christian religion threw away and lost the very soul of their meaning when it mistranslated this language into alleged history instead of reading it as a spiritual allegory."
Pharaoh feels threatened by the growing number of Israelites (Exodus 1:9)
Herod feels threatened by the impending birth of a king (Matt 2:3)
Pharaoh is deceived by the midwives (Exodus 1:19)
Herod is deceived by the magi (Matt 2:12)
Pharaoh orders the death of little boys (Exodus 1:22)
Herod orders the death of little boys (Matt 2:16)
Moses escapes by hiding in Pharaoh's house (Exodus 2:10)
Jesus escapes by hiding in Egypt (Matt 2:13)
Perhaps there's some truth to the following comment by Alvin Kuhn, "The sacred scriptures are written in a language of myth and symbol and the Christian religion threw away and lost the very soul of their meaning when it mistranslated this language into alleged history instead of reading it as a spiritual allegory."
posted by R.K. at 8:02 PM
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