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
A doll representing the infant Jesus in St. Catherine's, the Franciscan church in the town of Bethlehem.David Silverman/Getty ImagesEvery 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...