Stuff my research has taught me so far (that I
didn’t know before):
There are very strong arguments to suggest that
Jesus was not born in Bethlehem, nor in Nazareth.
Our dating of BC and AD (or CE and BCE these days…) to
align the global calendar with the birth of Christ is based on a Judaen census ordered
by King Herod. Trouble is, there was more than one King Herod, and we’re not
sure which one ordered this particular census, or when, so Jesus may have been
born as early as 8 BC! (In which case – have a good 2028 everyone!)
Jesus may have had a brother called Joses.
I’m loving this stuff, and I’ve only looked into a
couple of debates about Jesus being born. I still have another 1200 pages of
The Bible to get into yet!!
RC 14-1-20
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