1:20). Both narratives insist that Jesus’ coming is in continuity with and the ultimate realization of Israel’s covenant with God. They repeatedly draw upon Israel’s scriptures to assert this. Both ...

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 ...

the two different Gospel Infancy Narratives by examining a series of scenes in each of the narratives; the unique characteristics of each account; the limits of our historical knowledge about Jesus’s ...

One important category is prophecy: Prophecy in the bible refers to the words spoken ... hundreds of years before Jesus was born. Often the messages would call people to obey God's law and live ...

Focusing on Jesus, Scripture begins to consider Mary in reference to Jesus' origins ... Some scholars and theologians see Mary's question about the predicted birth (v. 34) as indicating her intention ...

It was his Bible. Jefferson was convinced that ... Jesus was uniquely inspired by God. Jefferson saw Jesus as a man, of illegitimate birth, of a benevolent heart, (and an) enthusiastic mind ...