Scott Hahn

What could be more familiar than the Christmas story--and yet what could be more extraordinary?

The cast of characters is strange and exotic: shepherds and magicians, an emperor and a despot, angels, and a baby who is Almighty God. The strangeness calls for an explanation, and this book provides it by examining the characters and the story in light of the biblical and historical context.

Bestselling author Scott Hahn who has written extensively on Scripture and the early Church, brings evidence to light, dispelling some of the mystery of the story. Yet Christmas is made familiar all over again by showing it to be a family story. Christmas, as it appears in the New Testament, is the story of a father, a mother, and a child--their relationships, their interactions, their principles, their individual lives, and their common life. To see the life of this "earthly trinity" is to gaze into heaven.… (more)

This book is worth reading because it affords either or both, Catholics and Protestants, to gain a correct understanding of Mary, Mother of God, Mother of the Church, The Arch of the Covenant, and other represented understandings, and come to understand their source in Scripture. Secondly in the appendix, "Biblical Theology and Marian Studies," aids us in understanding the derivation of Catholic Liturgy. Scott Hahn's appendix in this books is worth reading even if nothing is gained from the preceding chapters.… (more)