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The Nativity
2010 · TV series · 30 min episodes · 1 season
Created by Tony Jordan
Drama revealing the human story beneath the classic biblical tale, from the courtship of Mary and Joseph in Nazareth to the birth of Jesus in a Bethlehem stable.
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Since the term 'Christians' captures a sample of about 2.35 billion people, differences are to be expected. I admit I should have added a qualifier somewhere.
Anyway, there's also a difference, in my opinion, between the more fuzzy term "very young" and the more concrete term "13 years old".
For instance, consider the depictions of Mary throughout the centuries. In most, Mary is depicted to look like a young woman, but not as a 13 year old kid. I guess, a comparison of the different Bible translations could also produce some evidence. In general, more literal minded Christians seem to prefer ignorance about many details discovered by scholars in the last 100 years or so.
Another indicator is the look of actresses playing Mary in movies and documentaries [1]. More "realistically looking" actresses appear only rather recently, for instance in BBC1's 'Nativity' [2]. Still, even the young actresses act mature; for instance, in this short clip from the U.S. TV series "The Bible" [3]. Whether maturity can be expected in such a culture is open to debate, of course, but I have my doubts.
[1] http://www.patheos.com/blogs/filmchat/2006/09/who-is-the-youngest-mary-of-them-all.html [2] http://biblefilms.blogspot.de/2006/05/script-review-for-nativity.html [3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwqt8_Vz-JY