45. Christ and His Mother with Hebrew Scholar Jessica Smith

In this episode, Jessica Smith takes us on a journey through the Bible and other ancient works to highlight how Christ interacted with and followed in the footsteps of his mothers, both earthly and heavenly. She explores the possible connection of Ashera legends to acts Christ imitated during his life. Whether as a polemic to show that he is greater than all previously worshipped gods, or perhaps as a nod to these earlier myths out of respect to his actual Mother in Heaven, Jessica illustrates that there is much to learn from the study of the anciently worshipped goddess Ashera. Jessica extrapolates on the beautiful symbols of motherhood throughout scripture in connection to Christ. She points out literal “Easter” eggs Christ dropped throughout his time on earth that seem to point to the women who influenced Him most.

Jessica is on Instagram as @milkmaidshoney. Her YouTube videos can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rPs4FpJWGI

Her podcast, Behold Thy Mother, is found here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5GhL7jv3Lff9L6TkRoRBpz?si=740eb0f8dfe4464b

Special thanks to Kristina A. Bishoff for our beautiful new music! Soundtrack composer and long-time listener to In Her Image, Kristina can be found at https://www.kristinaabishoff.com