The True Story of Jesus — Page 1
Chapter One— Historical Background On the edge of the Roman Empire there was a small country, Palestine. The Romans had conquered Palestine in the year 63 BC. In the northern part of this country, in a small hilly town called Nazareth, lived a little girl named Mary. Her father’s name was Imran and her mother’s name was Hannah. Hannah had made a vow before the birth of the child that she would dedicate her child’s life to the service of the Jewish Temple. She had hoped and prayed to give birth to a male child because in those days only male children were accepted in the service of the Temple. But when Mary was born instead, Hannah was perplexed and expressed her anguish to God saying, ‘My Lord! I have given birth to a girl. ’1 The Holy Quran states that Allah knew best what she had given birth to. This implied that the girl, Mary, was not an ordinary girl; 1. Holy Quran 3:37