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Was Jesus really born in Bethlehem? Why the Gospels disagree over the circumstances of Christ's birth

  • Written by Rodolfo Galvan Estrada III, Adjunct Assistant Professor of the New Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary
Was Jesus really born in Bethlehem? Why the Gospels disagree over the circumstances of Christ's birthA doll representing the infant Jesus in St. Catherine's, the Franciscan church in the town of Bethlehem.David Silverman/Getty Images

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...

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