Does the story of King Kamsa’s massacre of newborn babies in the Hindu scriptures predate the story of King Herod’s actions in the Gospel of Matthew (2:16-18), raising the possibility of influence?
𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐚’𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐰 (𝟐:𝟏𝟔-𝟏𝟖), 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞? Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR Read More …