tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post7168514204932276776..comments2024-03-19T00:26:30.753-07:00Comments on The Jesus Blog: Was Jesus Born in a Barn? Probably Not - Le DonneAnthony Le Donnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-22949396561590631842012-12-23T15:06:41.994-08:002012-12-23T15:06:41.994-08:00My problem here is not with the history, but with ...My problem here is not with the history, but with what happens to the Christmas carols. Yes I'm Jewish, but I sang these carols every year in our elementary school pageants, so I feel entitled to complain about songs being stripped of innkeepers and barns in the name of "detailed lexical and semantic analysis."<br /><br />Or maybe not. How does this revised carol strike you?<br /><br />Away from the main room of his village home<br /><br />Per the patrilocal marital custom<br /><br />Joseph erected a marital chamber<br /><br />A room too small for immaculate labor<br /><br />So Jesus was born in the living room where<br /><br />Joseph’s relatives were already crammed there<br /><br />Mary and Jesus find space where they’re able<br /><br />Is this a step up from birth in a stable?Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976868079076669453noreply@blogger.com