2007-11-13 05:15:04 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Neutral Christ, yes, you can bring in Apocryphal scriptures, Gnostic Gospels, and any other evidence you can think of and get references for. By all means, please share what you know!
2007-11-13 07:19:02 · update #1
That'd be priceless if that happened today...
Joseph gets sentenced for raping a minor while Mary protests that it was immaculate conception...
2007-11-13 05:22:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 5⤋
Most scholars say that she was probably a teenager. But that was very common at that time. We need to be careful that we don't apply the standards of what was an appropriate marrying age then to the standards of today. It really is only in the last century that it was considered wrong to be married as a teenager. Even in the early part of the 20th century girls we still getting married at 16 or 17 in some parts of the country. In the 1800's if you were 20 and unmarried you were an old maid. Of course people are living well into their 80's and 90's now. That used to not be the case.
2007-11-13 05:29:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Gospels don't document this. However, the oral Law contained in the Talmud tells us that it was customary to permit a marriage to be consumated when the bride was no younger than 15; consummation was assumed after the couple had spent 7 nights alone together. (The ceremony actually took place after the consummation.) This is relevent because the Gospels do record that Joseph and Mary cohabited during her pregnancy, which wouldn't have been permitted unless she was of marriagable age. My best guess is that she was 16 or so when she gave birth.
2007-11-13 05:23:45 · answer #3 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋
about 15.
2007-11-13 05:24:59 · answer #4 · answered by PreciousLady 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Depends, are we allowed to bring in apocryphal references or not?
In the books that made it into canon of the Bible the Mother Of God is not worthy of even a short biography.
2007-11-13 05:37:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Depends on the book. In the Gospel of Peter, she's 12. Gross. Most agree that she was around 14 or 15 though.
2007-11-13 05:18:10 · answer #6 · answered by Skalite 6 · 8⤊ 1⤋
The BIBLE doesn't say. Some people think she was little more then a child, others think she was a full grown woman. There is some evidence for both, out not enough to rule out ether.
2007-11-13 05:21:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
By accounts, she was approximately 17 y/o when she gave birth to Jesus.
2007-11-13 05:26:44 · answer #8 · answered by Brewspy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In those days, girls were married off somewhere around 12-15 years old. I would say she was in that range.
2007-11-13 05:22:57 · answer #9 · answered by milomax 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Love this question.
Makes all the Christian criticisms of Muhammad and his child bride look a bit silly and self serving doesn't it.
Edit:
25!!!!! She would have been an old spinster by then. The life expectancy was only in the 40s.
2007-11-13 05:19:01 · answer #10 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 6⤊ 3⤋
i once read a book on religious leaders and holy people it said she was born about 22 bc and jesus was born between the years 4 bc and 1 ad making her between the ages of 16 and 22
i dont believe she or her son existed at all
2007-11-13 05:26:20 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋