Part 1: Introduction, Historical Methodology Part 2: Sources On Jesus' Childhood Part 3: Typology Part 4: The Unbelief Of Jesus...

(Previous parts in the series: part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , part 4 , part 5 , part 6 , part 7 , part 8 .) I want to conclude this series of ...

I want to correct something I was wrong about in my latest response to Merz . I've come to the conclusion that I misunderstood her argum...

(Previous parts in the series: part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , part 4 , part 5 , part 6 , part 7 .) There's a section in Merz's chapter...

(Previous parts in the series: part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , part 4 , part 5 , part 6 .) Though Merz doubts that Jesus was born in Bethlehem,...

(Previous parts in the series: part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , part 4 , part 5 .) Regarding whether Jesus was a descendant of David, Merz write...

(Previous parts in the series: part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , part 4 .) Merz raises the unbelief of the people of Nazareth as an objection to ...

(Previous parts in the series: part 1 , part 2 , part 3 .) One of the most foundational criticisms of the infancy narratives is that they...

(Part 1 is here , and part 2 can be found here .) Merz raises a common objection to the infancy narratives, one that's frequently cite...

(Part 1 can be read here .) She writes: As a general rule, we encounter more legendary material in ancient biographical texts in those p...

As I mentioned in my Amazon review of The Star Of Bethlehem And The Magi (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2015) , I want to respond to one o...

You can read part one here . You can read my review of the book at Amazon here . - As far as I recall, none of the authors who places a da...

In October of 2014, a conference on the star of Bethlehem was held at the University of Groningen . A book came out of the conference, nearl...