Download or read book Matthew 1-2 and the Virginal Conception written by Roger David Aus and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2004 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matthew 1-2 and the Virginal Conception examines early Palestinian and Hellenistic Jewish accounts of the birth of Israel's first redeemer, Moses. The author shows how these accounts provide the background of Mary's "virginal conception" of Jesus, Israel's final redeemer, in Matthew 1-2.