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#135 Christmas Isn't What You Think - John Nelson

Dec 20, 2025 · 01:19:03
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  • John Nelson argues the Christmas birth narratives were likely added later and aren't historical accounts of Jesus' actual birth
  • Analysis of virgin birth claims, the manger story, the Magi, and the star as theological rather than literal historical elements
  • Examination of Herod's slaughter of infants and how Jewish readers would have interpreted these narratives as anti-imperial theology

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