With no confirmation of Jesus' birth and no mention of Christmas itself in the Bible, you may be wondering how the holiday ...

Remember the reason for the season this December with the best Christmas Bible verses, including scripture about the birth of ...

The birth of Jesus a story that is the greatest gift to all who believe in the message and we continue to celebrate today.

By: Mary Dzon, University of Tennessee Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside ...

What do we really know about Jesus as a child? A look at the sparse Gospel accounts, the turbulent world of first-century ...

Here’s the origin of Christmas as we know it, when it’s estimated Jesus might have been born and when Christians started ...

Was there really a Roman census at the time of Jesus' birth, or is this detail in the Gospel of Luke historically inaccurate?

The details of the story-both small and big-have been interpreted in different ways, some of which have no evidence at all.

Legends about Jesus’ early years circulated widely in the Middle Ages. Mary Dzon reflects on some of the stories.

Both infancy narratives build upon the memories of historical events and contain useful historical data. However, readers today should not assume that everything in the narratives is certain ...