Gabriel making the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary'

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• Gabriel making the Annunciation to the Virgin
  Mary.
• Painting by El Greco, 1575

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A lump of coal.
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What eight things does the angel promise Mary?

• That she will have a child.
• That the child would be a son.
• That he will be great.
• That he will be called Son of the Most High.
• That he will be given King David's throne.
• That he will reign over Israel forever.
• That his kingdom will never end.
• That he will be called Son of God.

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Which of the following images do these promises
conjure up?
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Yet he died like this!
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Ganesha, a Hindu god
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Isis, an Egyptian goddess
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Thor, a Norse god
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The pagan god Pan
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The Liverpool god
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typically only one-tenth of the volume of an
iceberg is above water!
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