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A Child is Born

2025 | A Beginner's Guide to Nativity Stories

Discover the fascinating connections between ancient birth stories and the Nativity of Jesus in this captivating four-week Advent study. The study delves into the narratives of Isaac and Ishmael, Moses, and Samuel to reveal how they foreshadow and enrich the timeless Christmas story in the final chapter. Author Amy-Jill Levine brings her expert knowledge of Scripture and careful consideration of the Christian story to show readers how Scripture's earlier birth stories anticipate the story of Jesus’s birth.

Speakers:Amy-Jill Levine

Writers:Amy-Jill Levine

Topics:Advent Old Testament

Source:Abingdon Press

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11:55

A Child is Born Session 1: Children of Abraham

Amy-Jill Levine discusses the births of Isaac and Ishmael, half-brothers whose divergent fates in Genesis confront us with a difficult moral questions.

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11:34

A Child is Born Session 2: Samson

Amy-Jill Levine explores the birth and conception of Samson in Judges, pointing out its humor and the ways it parallels and deviates from other birth stories in...

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A Child is Born Session 3: Samuel

Amy-Jill Levine delves into the story of Hannah and the birth of Samuel, noting what this story tells us about God’s role in human fertility and the role of p...

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10:35

A Child is Born Session 4: Jesus

Author Amy-Jill Levine links the sessions of this study together by connecting the narrative of Jesus’s conception and birth to a number of related stories in...

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A Child is Born Session 1: Children of Abraham

A Child is Born Session 2: Samson

A Child is Born Session 3: Samuel

A Child is Born Session 4: Jesus

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