Interesting opinion piece. Makes a few good points about the gospel contradictions and gives a good overview of the reason for all those tiresome genealogies in the bible. Also makes a few outrageous leaps of faith on other points but the guy is teaching in a seminary so what can you expect.
https://www.rawstory.com/jesus-born-in-bethlehem/
He makes an intriguing point in "Matthew."
Notice that "Joseph" is so eager to get the hell out of Dodge that he doesn't bother to tell anyone else what Herod is going to do. Kind of a dick move for a supposedly "holy" asshole.
https://www.rawstory.com/jesus-born-in-bethlehem/
Quote:Was Jesus really born in Bethlehem? Why the Gospels disagree over the circumstances of Christ's birth
Quote:Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago.
Yet the New Testament Gospels do not agree about the details of Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem. Some do not mention Bethlehem or Jesus’ birth at all.
The Gospels’ different views might be hard to reconcile. But as a scholar of the New Testament, what I argue is that the Gospels offer an important insight into the Greco-Roman views of ethnic identity, including genealogies.
He makes an intriguing point in "Matthew."
Quote:The Gospel explains that after their visit, Joseph has a dream where he is warned of Herod’s attempt to kill baby Jesus. When the wise men went to Herod with the news that a child had been born to be the king of the Jews, he made a plan to kill all young children to remove the threat to his throne. It then mentions how Joseph, Mary and infant Jesus leave for Egypt to escape King Herod’s attempt to assassinate all young children.
Notice that "Joseph" is so eager to get the hell out of Dodge that he doesn't bother to tell anyone else what Herod is going to do. Kind of a dick move for a supposedly "holy" asshole.
Robert G. Ingersoll : “No man with a sense of humor ever founded a religion.”
