Additional Rec. - Dec. 3, 2020

Additional Rec. - “Why Everything You Know About the Nativity is Probably Wrong” by Sarah Bessey

“For starters, Jesus wasn't born in a barn, folks. Middle Eastern homes of that time did not have the stable for the animals separate from the home at all. Instead, the home was usually made of two rooms: one for the family and the animals and another one at the back or on the roof for the guests. Joseph wasn't turned away from a hotel; he was told that the guest room was already taken. Even there the text has even been misinterpreted itself - it's not that there was no room at ‘the inn’ as we understand a bed and breakfast or a hotel but rather the word is ‘a place to stay’ meaning a guest room as part of an actual home. So the story is actually one of hospitality - the home where Mary and Joseph stayed was not a guest room but an actual family room. They were welcomed into the family's quarters. They weren't even in the guest room but in the main room of the home.”

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