At the second book of Enoh it says that Sophoneim (sister of Noah) the wife of Nir, conceived a son without sleeping with her husband. The name of the child was Malhisedec. I suppose that is from where Christians borrowed the idea of Jesus immaculate conception.

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My speculation is that Mary had no idea that she was pregnant. We know from the bible that she was around 13 and a girl of that age in those times probably had no idea of the procedure of reproduction. She could also had been raped and ashamed to speak about it. But why was Joseph covering her up? Why did he take the responsibility of a child that wasn’t his? (Joseph was around 80, he could never have had a child at that age).

Either someone forced him to, or it wasn’t Marie the one he was covering up. My belief is that Sanhendrin (the Jewish clergy) forced him to marry Mary because she got pregnant inside the convent. What a great scandal would it have been if a little girl got pregnant inside the place her parents trusted her to be safe. As for the name of the father, I’m afraid Mary took the secret to her grave. Other scholars believe that Jesus was the first born sonof Judas of Gamalah and that makes him the grandson of Ezekiah of Gamalah (see page “EZEKIAH AND JUDAS OF GAMALAH”).

Probably we will never know. That could also explain his involvement to the zealots movement, as well as his leadership there. After all we know that Jesus could not have been the son of a poor family. How could a person of royal blood be poor? (see page “THE CONSPIRACY BEHIND THE MESSIAH”). Through out the Christian tradition we hear the story of Jesus’ mantle. A cloth made of expensive fabric and of deep red color. Both the Roman and the Jewish law made very clear that expensive fabrics, especially ones died deep red, could be worn only by superior citizens, such as military officers or aristocrats. A poor person not only wouldn’t afford a mantle, such as the one Jesus was wearing, but he would also be
prevented by law to wear such a cloth!

Here I must add that Herod never slaughtered the male children of the Jewish. History tells us that Herod was a very good leader for Israel after all he was the one who rebuilt them the Solomon’s temple in 20BC.

What the bible describes as the slaughter of children, was simply the “Revolution of Census”. Probably the copiers of bible during the 4th century had mixed up historical facts..