Luke 2:22 casts DARK SHADOWS on Aramaic Primacy

[Paul Younan]

Tikanis~Shlama Mike,

Actually it is "their" days of purification. "Their purification" refers to both the baby and the mother. The baby was considered unclean for a period after birth. The mother, impure after childbirth, and the son, as yet uncircumcised, are both considered ceremonially impure (the boy until the 8th day when he is circumcised, and the mother for another 33 days.)

I think you are only looking at the passage in Lev. that deals with a mother's uncleanness, but a male baby is unclean for a period of time, too, according to the Law "of Moses."

There was nothing unclean about Joseph. <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s -->