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What happened to Joseph (husband of Mary)?
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<blockquote data-quote="sk3ptic" data-source="post: 59238445" data-attributes="member: 294380"><p>If it is generally believed by the majority of Christians that there would have been a pretty large age gap between Mary and Joseph when they had Jesus, why do the majority of depictions of the nativity scene show Mary and Joseph to be of a similar age? Obviously (disregarding the thousands of school nativities) it would probably be seen as very controvertial nowadays to show a young teenager giving birth with her 30-40 year old husband-to-be standing at her side, but even if you are not a Christian and don't believe in any of the Biblical stories, you can't deny that in those times, men of a certain age married much younger women because they were marriages of convenience not really for love.</p><p>Has there even been a portrayal of the nativity story that has picked actors of a similar age to what Mary and Joseph could have been?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sk3ptic, post: 59238445, member: 294380"] If it is generally believed by the majority of Christians that there would have been a pretty large age gap between Mary and Joseph when they had Jesus, why do the majority of depictions of the nativity scene show Mary and Joseph to be of a similar age? Obviously (disregarding the thousands of school nativities) it would probably be seen as very controvertial nowadays to show a young teenager giving birth with her 30-40 year old husband-to-be standing at her side, but even if you are not a Christian and don't believe in any of the Biblical stories, you can't deny that in those times, men of a certain age married much younger women because they were marriages of convenience not really for love. Has there even been a portrayal of the nativity story that has picked actors of a similar age to what Mary and Joseph could have been? [/QUOTE]
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