30 Shazam, It's Go Time!

Hey, there. Welcome to the Investigators Guide to the Bible. Today, we’ll talk about two events that set the stage for everything else that happens in the New Testament. It kind of feels like we should understand what really happened, right? Let’s do that. I'm Tony. I'm the author and I promise not to sing while I narrate the episode for you. Like and subscribe for new episodes. Share the episode, restack it, and send it to your friends. If you charge them to listen, though, I get a cut, okay? Shazam, It’s Go Time!Resources and References so I can pretend I’m really smart:* Most Bible quotes I used come from the New American Bible, Revised Edition. Washington, DC: Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, 2010 This is just my working Bible for most of these episodes. Any Bible you use will be fine for all of the Biblical references.If you read something that is not a direct quote and think the brilliant thought might be mine, it is safer to assume I messed up the citation. Give credit to the super smart people below.1. Kohn, Rabbi Daniel. “What Are Pilgrimage Festivals?” My Jewish Learning. myjewishlearning.com, Copyright 2002-2022. (https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/pilgrimage-festivals/, accessed 25 Aug 2025)2. Mishnah, Online Version from Sefaria (https://www.sefaria.org/texts/Mishnah, accessed frequently between 2021 and 2025.)3. Bulbeck, Robert, S.J. “The Doubt of St. Joseph.” The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 3, 1948, pp. 296–309. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/43720043. Accessed 13 Sep. 2022.4. van der Hoeven, A.A.M. With Child of the Holy Spirit – Joseph willing to give her in marriage to his heir. March 23, 2009 (http://www.jesusking.info/With%20Child%20of%20the%20Holy%20Spirit%2023-03-2009%204.pdf, accessed 8 Nov 2022)5. Berger, Rabbi Shalom, Editor. “Yevamot 41a-b: The Waiting Period.” Essay, based on the Koren Talmud Bavli, Noé Edition, with commentary by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz. The Aleph Society, 14 Nov 2014. (https://steinsaltz.org/daf/yevamot41/, accessed 17 Mar 2025)6. Hesemann, Michael, translated by Michael J. Miller. Mary of Nazareth: History, Archeology, Legends. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, CA 2016 (Original German edition, 2011, Sankt Ulrich Verlag, Augsburg, Germany.)7. Greenberg, Sara. “Seven-Day Spa.” Lilith Magazine, Spring 2008. Lilith Publications, Inc, NY. (https://lilith.org/articles/seven-day-spa/, accessed 25 Aug 2025)8. Wise, Michael; Abegg, Martin Jr.; and Cook, Edward. The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Translation. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 19969. Crawford, Sidnie White, "Not According to Rule: Women, the Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran" (2003). Faculty Publications, Classics and Religious Studies Department. Paper 65. (http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/classicsfacpub/65, accessed 28 Sep 2022)10. Almost every discussion on the translation of a particular word means a trip to BibleHub.com for their amazing Interlinear Bible. Bible Hub, Glassport, PA. Just assume I’m using their site and check it out for yourself. (https://biblehub.com/interlinear/, accessed more times than I can count, 2021-2025) This is a public episode. If you