Sunday, January 16, 2011

Christ's Birth

It's been a topic of discussion lately, and so I thought I'd add that I just read a really good and well-thought out argument based on lunar calendars, Josephus' record, Roman records, and the gospels that places Christ's birth most likely as 6 April, 1 B.C. Just to open it all back up. According to Josephus, Herod died in 4 B.C., but according to Josephus, Herod couldn't have died in 4 B.C., but rather in 1 or 2 A.D.

2 comments:

Kristen said...

Ah. Yes. It's all becoming quite clear.

Kim said...

so according to Josephus he said both 4 B.C. and 1 or 2 A.D. That doesn't make anything clear.