This episode completes our study of The Monomyth or Hero's Journey as termed by Joseph Campbell. We take a detailed look at the life of Jesus of Nazareth, and the similarities and differences between his narrative and the stories of Abraham, Moses and David.

Topics Covered:

Jesus' birth and it's nods to Moses
The motif of the miraculous birth
Representations of the rural and the urban in Ancient Literature
Being born during a genocide
Why "there was no room at the inn"
More similarities to Moses and David at birth
Jesus' temptation in the wilderness as a reinterpretation of Israel in Sinai
Jesus' 1st miracle as call to adventure, and why he did it when he did it.
Jesus preaching to lost souls in the Underworld...
Similarities between Jesus' and Moses' "Return Home".


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Texts:
Luke 2, Matthew 4, John 2:1-11, Matthew 20:17-34, Isaiah 53:3-12, John 19, I Peter 3:19, Mark 16:14-20

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