Part 1
In Chapter 3 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Jesus, we catch up with Norm as his is on his way to Hebron, looking for traces of Herod the Great (76). He is contemplating the virgin birth of Jesus and it's plausibility while staying at the house of a child named Safwat (76-77). Part of his question of the virgin birth of Jesus has him comparing and contrast the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke, both of which have birth narratives in them. He concludes that the information that the two shared must have been very old such as the importance of the city of Nazareth (77-79). Norm emails Professor Guilder at this point, seeking to get his opinion on the virgin birth and Professor Guilder gives him information on other "virginal" births (i.e. Alexander, Ocatvius, and Apollonius of Tyana) and ways in which Jesus could have been considered a illegitimate child (80-87). Next, we catch up with Norm as he is making his way to Bethlehem and the Church of Nativity, a place in which he questions the theory of where the birth of Jesus actually happened (87-89). From there, Norm makes his way to a refugee camp on the outside of Bethlehem, where he continues to show skepticism about the cave he had recently visited as well as the birth narratives in the Gospels. He seeks to make comparisons between writings of the Old Testament and those of the New Testament such as Matthew and Luke (90-101).
Part 2
The main focus in this chapter is the story of Jesus's birth to the virgin Mary. Norm is showing skepticism about whether Mary was actually a virgin, thus making the birth of Jesus a real live miracle. I feel that if this were discovered to be true and that Mary actually was impregnated by a divine being, then it would be a lot easier to believe in other miracles that Jesus was said to have performed (i.e. walking on water or turning water into wine). This would mean that all of the different miracle stories that are a part of the legacy of Jesus would also become valid parts of discovering more about the historical Jesus. There would also be a negative point if this was discovered to not be true. A lot of Chiristians would have to change the way that they think about the birth story.
In Chapter 3 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to Jesus, we catch up with Norm as his is on his way to Hebron, looking for traces of Herod the Great (76). He is contemplating the virgin birth of Jesus and it's plausibility while staying at the house of a child named Safwat (76-77). Part of his question of the virgin birth of Jesus has him comparing and contrast the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke, both of which have birth narratives in them. He concludes that the information that the two shared must have been very old such as the importance of the city of Nazareth (77-79). Norm emails Professor Guilder at this point, seeking to get his opinion on the virgin birth and Professor Guilder gives him information on other "virginal" births (i.e. Alexander, Ocatvius, and Apollonius of Tyana) and ways in which Jesus could have been considered a illegitimate child (80-87). Next, we catch up with Norm as he is making his way to Bethlehem and the Church of Nativity, a place in which he questions the theory of where the birth of Jesus actually happened (87-89). From there, Norm makes his way to a refugee camp on the outside of Bethlehem, where he continues to show skepticism about the cave he had recently visited as well as the birth narratives in the Gospels. He seeks to make comparisons between writings of the Old Testament and those of the New Testament such as Matthew and Luke (90-101).
Part 2
The main focus in this chapter is the story of Jesus's birth to the virgin Mary. Norm is showing skepticism about whether Mary was actually a virgin, thus making the birth of Jesus a real live miracle. I feel that if this were discovered to be true and that Mary actually was impregnated by a divine being, then it would be a lot easier to believe in other miracles that Jesus was said to have performed (i.e. walking on water or turning water into wine). This would mean that all of the different miracle stories that are a part of the legacy of Jesus would also become valid parts of discovering more about the historical Jesus. There would also be a negative point if this was discovered to not be true. A lot of Chiristians would have to change the way that they think about the birth story.
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