>>it is, thus, not a "reporting of an actual event" but the adaptation of a
>roman myth which was applied to christianity's own "great man"- jesus.
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>Possibly, but *virgin births* for semidivines are known throughout the
>ANE, e.g Sargon.
absolutely. but then one has to wonder which milieu was closer to the early
christian movement- roman society or assyrian. which seems to be nearer
chronologically? which is the more likely source of belief?
either way, the arrival of a virgin born great man is absent from hebrew
theology but present in many others- including nascent christianity.