St. Stephen's Day - Addendum

[eliskimo]

It's interesting to me that the verse for the second day in The Twelve Days of Christmas lists the present as "two turtle doves." A pair of doves was the sacrifice for purification after a birth for a poor woman, who could not afford a lamb (Leviticus 12:8) and the sacrifice we are told Mary offered when she presented the infant Jesus at the

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[fox_sejant]

So why is this particular post locked? It seems to fit with the previous one and isn't particularly sensitive in nature.
That Joseph and Mary presented the offering of a poor person fits well with the chronology of the Wise men arriving long after the birth itself. It also helps explain Herod's decision to have all boys in Bethlehem aged 2 years and under killed. That chronology does mess up a lot of Nativity scenes.

[eliskimo]

This post is locked because LiveJournal does not have a filtering method except for locks. I know there are a number of non-Christians on my FL for whom this kind of extended theological discussion would be exasperating. So this post was "send" to those I have an a friend list of either Christians or those who have expressed an interest in hearing my thoughts on this topic.

I suppose I could have just put it behind a cut marked "Theological" or "Exegetical".