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Did it Really Happen? The Birth of Jesus
Section One
Course Introduction: Did it really happen? The birth of Jesus (1:32)
Lydia McGrew and Jonathan Pearce: The Christmas story - fact or fairytale | Part 1 (7:34)
Section One: Authorship and dating of the Gospels
Authorship and dating of the Gospels (1:13)
Peter J. Williams and Bart Ehrman: Are the Gospels historically reliable? (6:52)
Can we trust the Gospels? (0:59)
Lydia McGrew: Can we trust the Gospels? (5:05)
Summary and Quiz: Authorship and dating the Gospels (2:18)
Section One: Genre – chronology, dating and eyewitnesses, oral tradition
Chronology, dating and eyewitnesses, oral tradition (1:10)
Craig Keener: chronology, dating and eyewitness accounts, and oral tradition (12:00)
Section One: Bias
Bias: how can we trust the birth narrative accounts? (1:35)
N.T. Wright questions on Christmas, historical Jesus and responding to Bart Ehrman (6:22)
Section One: Midrash
Midrash (0:56)
Lydia McGrew and Jonathan Pearce: the Christmas story - fact of fairytale | Part 2 (2:16)
Midrash and the Virgin Birth (1:21)
Summary and Quiz: Midrash (1:20)
Section Two
Recap and introduction to Section Two: the events in the birth narratives (0:49)
Lydia McGrew and Jonathan Pearce: The Christmas story - fact of fairytale Part 3 (12:24)
Section Two: Differences in Matthew and Luke
Differences (0:31)
Charles Foster: A question of difference (3:09)
Darrell L. Bock: Differences in the Gospels (7:06)
Section Two: The Virgin Birth
The Virgin Birth (0:54)
Reasons to believe the Virgin Birth: Amy Orr-Ewing, N.T. Wright and Darrell L. Bock (13:54)
Section Two: The Census
The Census (1:12)
Lydia McGrew and Jonathan Pearce: The Christmas story - fact or fairytale | Part 4 (6:25)
Darrell L. Bock: The Census (4:33)
Section Two: the Magi and the star
The Magi and the star (6:30)
Section Two: why does it matter?
Why does it matter? (0:38)
Reasons for Christmas: Amy Orr-Ewing, Arun Arora and Darrell L. Bock (7:37)
Conclusion
Conclusion: Did it really happen? The birth of Jesus (2:01)
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