Re: Where Was Jesus Born?
- From: hlillywh@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:30:51 -0000
David / Amicus wrote:
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> In the recent issue of ARCHAEOLOGY magazine there's an article about a
> city called Bethlehem that is only a few miles from Nazareth in Galilee.
> Could Jesus have been born there and not at the one down by Jerusalem?
> The Bible says he was born in Bethlehem of Judea but maybe that's one of
> the parts of the Bible that hasn't been translated correcty and he was
> actually born in Bethlehem of Galilee?
Well,(at the risk of resurrecting the old anti charge about the
distinction between Bethlehem and Jerusalem) the OBLDS part might have
to do with the BoM saying that he was born in the land of Jerusalem.
Bethlehem of Judea fits that description much better than does any
place in Galilee. It is so close to Jerusalem that anyone from any
distance away would think of them as part of the same area. Not so
likely to be true of anywhere in Galilee.
Also, remember why Mary and Joseph were in Bethlehem, for the
census/taxing they were returning to their ancestral home since Joseph
was of the lineage of David. Bethlehem of Judea fits that, Galilee
does not.
In my opinion, the Bethlehem near Jerusalem fits, the one in Galilee
does not.
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