Aqil
11-28-2003, 07:50 AM
The popular Chrismas song "Silent Night" contains the following words: "round yon virgin, mother and child." What most people don't realize when they sing these words is that the word "yon" in the song is actually a contraction of the word "young." When sung as such the phrase make sense:"round young virgin, mother and child"...
According to Jewish rabbinical law, a female is considered a full-grown woman at the age of 14. Jesus' mother Mary (i.e., Miriam) was 14 when she became impregnated in the year 8 BC. However, it might have been that the early church fathers thought the words in the Christmas song "Silent Night" that I have alluded to were too risque, and they didn't want to encourage young female admirers of Mary to emulate her and become pregnant when they reached age 14. Thus the words, "round YON virgin, mother and child"...
(The word "yon" is short for "yonder," an Old English word that means, "over there." Its counterpart is "hither," which means "here." One would say, "come hither" and "over yonder." There is, "hither, tither and yon," which means, "here, there and over there.")
The popular song "White Christmas" was written by Irving Berlin, a Jew whose real name was Israel Isidore Baline...and what is truly ironical about these "Christmas Carols" is that many of these songs were written by Jews, who don't believe in Jesus! :eek:
According to Jewish rabbinical law, a female is considered a full-grown woman at the age of 14. Jesus' mother Mary (i.e., Miriam) was 14 when she became impregnated in the year 8 BC. However, it might have been that the early church fathers thought the words in the Christmas song "Silent Night" that I have alluded to were too risque, and they didn't want to encourage young female admirers of Mary to emulate her and become pregnant when they reached age 14. Thus the words, "round YON virgin, mother and child"...
(The word "yon" is short for "yonder," an Old English word that means, "over there." Its counterpart is "hither," which means "here." One would say, "come hither" and "over yonder." There is, "hither, tither and yon," which means, "here, there and over there.")
The popular song "White Christmas" was written by Irving Berlin, a Jew whose real name was Israel Isidore Baline...and what is truly ironical about these "Christmas Carols" is that many of these songs were written by Jews, who don't believe in Jesus! :eek: