An Advent Story (Part 1) – Jacob the elder

The first of four fictional first-person eyewitness accounts for the Advent season, beginning with the account of Jacob the elder, the rabbi in Nazareth.

Episode 48 of the Ken Winter podcast, hosted by Ken Winter, titled "An Advent Story (Part 1) – Jacob the elder" was published on November 30, 2022 and runs 16 minutes.

November 30, 2022 ·16m · Ken Winter

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Summary

The first of four fictional first-person accounts of the events that surrounded the advent of Jesus. Some of the characters and details contained in each story are fictional, but you will find the truth they convey to be very REAL! We begin the series with the first-person account of Jacob the elder, who is the leading rabbi of the synagogue in Nazareth.

Episode Description

As has become my annual practice, beginning today and for the next three weeks, i will be posting a total of four stories about the incarnational birth of Jesus. They are fictional first-person accounts of the events that surrounded the advent of Jesus. Some of the characters and details contained in each story are fictional, but you will find the truth they convey to be very REAL!

My prayer is that through the stories you are reminded of the Good News of the Advent this Christmas season. To that end, let’s look at each part of this story through the eyes of four very different eyewitnesses:

Part 1 as told by Jacob the elder (This week – November 30th)

Part 2 as told by Clopas the uncle (December 7th)

Part 3 as told by Eliezer the cousin (December 14th)

Part 4 as told by Annas the scribe (December 21st)