Is Not This the Son of Joseph? Four Studies in the Gospel Infancy Narratives

Today’s free book is little known study on the infancy narratives by Thomas Walker. My thanks to the folks at the United Reformed Church in Eastcote for their help in tracking down the details of the author. This title was digitised from the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library.

Thomas Walker [1881-1950], Is Not This The Son of Joseph? An Exposition of the relevant chapters of the Gospels in the Light of Jewish Culture. London: James Clarke & Co., Ltd., [1937]. Hbk. pp.116. [Click here to visit the download page for this title]

Table of Contents

• Preface

1. The Semitic Mysticism of the Conception Stories
2. The Evangelist’s Version of the Manger Story
3. The Evangelist’s Information on the Ancestry Question
4. The Evangelist’s Answer to the Nazareth Criticism

Main Image: Adoration of the Shepherds by Dutch painter Matthias Stomer, 1632. Source: Wikipedia.