I am delighted to discover, as someone from a different tradition, that there are texts where Joseph had to wrestle with the whole Jesus Has Two Daddies thing. It always struck me oddly that in the canonical books, he just seems to be chill with the entire thing but notably without an analogous moment to Mary’s acceptance of Gabriel’s informing her that she was going to be having a baby. I had wondered what the midrash was on all that, if you know what I mean.
I am delighted to discover, as someone from a different tradition, that there are texts where Joseph had to wrestle with the whole Jesus Has Two Daddies thing. It always struck me oddly that in the canonical books, he just seems to be chill with the entire thing but notably without an analogous moment to Mary’s acceptance of Gabriel’s informing her that she was going to be having a baby. I had wondered what the midrash was on all that, if you know what I mean.
Ah! There’s so much “midrash” in hymnody. It’s a great source of theological creativity.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Thanks so much! Happy Holidays!