Son of Mary by R S Ingermanson

Author:R S Ingermanson [Ingermanson, R S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781937031244
Publisher: Ingermanson Communications, Inc.
Published: 2020-04-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Forty-Two

Yeshua of Nazareth

‘So the village is right, you son of a zonah.’

‘The village is wrong.’

‘Do not be a fool and a simple like your mother. She met some stranger at the spring. She saw he was beautiful. What can that mean, but that she desired for him? And so she spread—’

‘You lie. Imma is innocent.’

‘She desired for him, and she spread her legs, and he begat you.’

‘Liar!’

‘Some fine-faced stranger is your blood father, fool.’

‘Imma says I am the gift of HaShem.’

‘That is a bad gift, if it is true, for see how much sorrow it caused. But you do not believe this foolishness, yes? No more than you believe the ancient tales of wicked spirits who came to earth and lay with the daughters of men and begat the Nephilim, yes?’

‘Those are idle tales.’

‘And you do not believe the tales the Greeks tell, how their gods came to earth and lay with women and begat heroes, yes?’

‘Those are idle tales.’

‘And you cannot believe this idle tale, that HaShem came to earth and lay with your mother and—’

‘That is not her tale. HaShem has no body, that he can lie with a woman.’

‘Then what is your mother’s tale?’

‘The Shekinah came upon her—’

‘She spread her legs for the Shekinah?’

‘That is not her tale. The Shekinah has no body. The Shekinah does not lie with a woman. Her tale is that HaShem did a mighty wonder.’

‘A woman does not beget a son on her own.’

‘I did not say she begat a son on her own. That is not the way of things. If that was the way of things, I would not call the matter a mighty wonder.’

‘How did it come about then? Explain the matter.’

‘One does not explain a mighty wonder.’

‘Why should you believe there was a mighty wonder? Why not rather believe some stranger begat you? You have only the word of your mother, and why should she not lie to save herself?’

‘She did not lie to save herself. She never told this tale. Never once. She held it in her heart.’

‘She was afraid to tell it, for it is foolishness.’

‘Now you change your accusation. First you said she lied to save herself. Now you say she did not, for she knew it was foolishness. These cannot both be true. What is your accusation?’

‘You are a fool if you believe this tale.’

‘I am not a fool.’

‘Do you believe this tale?’

‘I must think on the matter. Leave me.’

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