At around this time, a child named Joshua ben Joseph, or (in Aramaic) Jesus, was born. His parents were a carpenter, Joseph, and his teenaged betrothed, Mary (Mariamme in Hebrew), based in Nazareth, up in Galilee. They were not much richer than peasants, but it was said they were descended from the old Davidian house. They travelled down to Bethlehem where a child, Jesus, was born “that shall rule my people Israel.” After he had been circumcised on the eighth day, according to St. Luke, “they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord” and make the traditional sacrifice in the
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