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The metamorphosis of religious fiction (2)
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By Douglas Anele
Picking up our analysis from where we temporarily suspended it penultimate week, James D. Tabor questions the alleged supernatural origin of Jesus’ conception through a careful reading of the gospels in the light of his archaeological and historical researches. He suggests that the virgin birth story could be an attempt to address a shockingly awkward situation – Mary’s pregnancy before her marriage to Joseph.
Accordingly, he proposes the tantalising possibility that Jesus probably was the illegitimate child of a Jewish Roman soldier named Tiberius Julius AbdesPantera. Going through his re-reading of New Testament accounts about Jesus’ birth and ancestry, it is obvious Tabor does not accept the nativity story as an accurate or factual representation of real occurrences. His work cited earlier uses a blend of bold speculation and disciplined archaeological investigation to distil the probable