14. Infancy Narratives

The Infancy Narratives is a term applied to the accounts of the birth and early life of Jesus as given in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Both accounts are concerned with showing the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies in the Christ event. Although infancy narratives open two of the four gospels, biblical scholars generally assign them last in the order of composition, thus suggesting, that the passion story was composed first, reflecting the early Christian community's effort to make sense of the crucifixion of their Messiah. Next were added accounts of Jesus' ministry, and only afterwards did the infancy accounts evolve, answering to human curiosity about Jesus' origins. Books by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson available at https://amzn.to/46ORT00  ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra materials when joining our growing community on https://patreon.com/markvinet  SUPPORT this channel by purchasing any product on Amazon using this FREE entry LINK https://amzn.to/3POlrUD (Amazon gives us credit at NO extra charge to you).  Mark Vinet's TIMELINE video channel: https://youtube.com/c/TIMELINE_MarkVinet  Mark's History of North America podcast: www.parthenonpodcast.com/history-of-north-america Website: https://markvinet.com/podcast  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.vinet.9 X (twitter): https://twitter.com/HistoricalJesu   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/denarynovels   Mark's books: https://amzn.to/3k8qrGM Audio credits: Zechariah's Vision in the Temple (Luke 1:5-25) byDr. Ralph F. Wilson (JesusWalk Bible Study Series; Joyful Heart Renewal Ministries). Audio excerpts reproduced under the Fair Use (Fair Dealings) Legal Doctrine for purposes such as criticism, comment, teaching, education, scholarship, research and news reporting. Books by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson available at https://amzn.to/46ORT00 Map & books by R.F. Wilson available at https://amzn.to/4ifh1BH   Discipleship Training in Luke's Gospel by R.F. Wilson at https://amzn.to/4h2XweC JesusWalk Bible Study by R.F. Wilson available at www.jesuswalk.com   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.