Some Christian calendars imply that Jesus was born in 1 C.E. — often stylized as 1 A.D. for Anno Domini (“in the year of the Lord”). But no matter how the year is formatted, Jesus was likely ...

You might think that Jesus was born in the Year Zero--between 1 B.C. and A.D. 1. You often hear that Jesus was born around 6-7 B.C. The evidence from the Bible and the Church Fathers, however ...

Yet, most scholars agree that he wasn't born on that day, or even in the year A.D. 1. Why is Jesus' birthday celebrated on December 25? Researchers have speculated that the Roman Catholic Church ...

Accounts of the Nativity in the Gospels of St Luke and St Matthew do not mention a year or a season. Matthew says Jesus was "born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king". Some ...

And that was the world into which Jesus was born. I have sketched the political and social meltdown that Palestine suffered in the terrible year of 4 BCE. Wars and insurrections were by no means ...

Jesus was born around 4 B.C. and was crucified in A.D. 30, according to the PBS FRONTLINE show "From Jesus to Christ." Britannica cites his birth year as ranging from 6 to 4 B.C. and has the same ...

“What we get is a reasonable date in late November through sometime in early January in the 5th year Before the Common Era,” Hunt said. So, was Jesus born on Dec. 25? We don’t know. Got ...

ROME — As Christmas approaches, debate often arises over when exactly Jesus was born. Did the Nativity really happen during winter in Bethlehem just over 2,020 years ago? Recent research by a ...