Dec. 25 is not the date mentioned in the Bible as the day of Jesus’s birth; the Bible is actually silent on the day or the time of year when Mary was said to have given birth to him in Bethlehem.

"The birth date of Jesus wouldn't have been considered significant ... co-opt (or to celebrate under the cover of) general pagan activities: Saturnalia, December 17 to 24; Sol Invictus on ...

Important aspects of the Christian canon are the Virgin Birth of Jesus from his mother, Mary, and Jesus’ death, which was the crucifixion. This brings up the question of how long he lived.

Why do we still celebrate the birth of Jesus 2,000 years later? Let’s take it one step further: Why has humanity held out this event as supremely important for even thousands of years before that?

The subsequent Jesus’ activities, teachings ... be born a human without the assistance of an earthly man. The virgin birth of Jesus was thus the first miracle which all Christians have to ...

"I can't think of any New Testament scholar who takes [the Gospel accounts of Jesus's birth] to be historically reliable," said Fredriksen, a Boston University professor who specializes in early ...

James Tabor’s historical assumptions that reject God’s activity on ... to explain the birth of Christianity. Among the series of books recently released about Jesus, the most serious entry ...

Dec. 24—Told in Matthew 1 and 2 and Luke 2, the story of the birth of Jesus Christ is greatly at odds with the grandiose Christmases that many Americans celebrate. But the Revs. Terry Wright and ...