The Virgin Birth

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Patristic tradition -- Ignatius of Antioch, Aristides, Justin Martyr, Melito of Sardis -- Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Hippolytus, Tertullian, Origen -- Lactantius, Jerome, Athanasius, Augustine, the "Seven Ecumenical Councils," Thomas Aquinas -- Pseudepigraphal writings -- Apocryphal writings -- Naturalistic philosophical interpretation -- From the reformation to Strauss -- Strauss's mythical interpretation -- From Strauss to the Tubingen school -- Supernaturalistic theological interpretation -- The orientation of supernaturalistic theological interpretation -- The theological presuppositions of supernaturalistic theological interpretation -- Comparative analogical analysis -- Buddhistic tradition -- Krishna tradition; Assyro-Babylonian, Zoroastrian, and Mithriac affinities -- Egyptian tradition -- Greco-Roman and Hellinistic affinities -- Historical and literary analysis -- Philo Judaeus -- John the Baptist -- Primitive Christology -- Form criticism -- Textual criticism.