Hey there... Jesus probably wasn't born in Bethlehem...

Yup it's that time of year when I ruin Christmas again. Critical scholars have known for a long time that Matthew and Luke's birth accounts are deliberately constructed to get Jesus of Nazareth to Bethlehem to fulfil messianic expectations. This explains some of the contradictions between the two nativity accounts in the Gospels. Don't believe me? Watch along and find out why...

Birthplace of Jesus

Correction: 5:35 - Moreso the slaughter of the firstborns by the Egyptians. The final plague was poetic retribution for that.

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Sources:

For the view that Matthew and Luke wrote independently:
- Raymond Brown, The Birth of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke (Doubleday, 1993).
- J. Crossan, Historical Jesus, The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant (1973)
- JP Meier, Marginal Jew (1991) vol 1

For the view that Luke knew Matthew and changed it:
- Mark Goodacre, The Case Against Q (2002), p.56
- Mark Goodacre, The Synoptic Problem, (2004), p.131-32

For the view that Luke 1-2 was an independent narrative added to Luke:
Larry W. Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity p.327
B. Ehrman, https://ehrmanblog.org/did-luke-origi...
B. Ehrman, https://ehrmanblog.org/did-lukes-gosp...

Other sources:
- Eric Meyers, ed., Galilee through the Centuries: Confluence of Cultures (Eisenbrauns, 1999)
- Jesus Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium By Bart D. Ehrman
- Sanders, E. P. The historical figure of Jesus. Penguin, 1993
- Marcus Borg, 'The Meaning of the Birth Stories' in Marcus Borg, N T Wright, The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (Harper One, 1999) page 179
- Vermes, Géza (2006-11-02). The Nativity: History and Legend. Penguin Books