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In this Christmas special of Within Reason, New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman explores the history and narrative of Jesus' birthday, and demonstrates where the accounts seem to contradict.

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0:00 Happy Holidays
1:36 Is Christmas Pagan?
5:42: Are the birth narratives history?
10:12 Does Christmas fulfil prophecy?
24:19 Do the Gospels contradict?
40:22 Do contradictions disprove the historicity of the Gospels?
44:18 An obvious Bible contradiction
47:57 Should Bible contradictions be a problem for Christians?
51:16 Was Joseph the biological father of Jesus?
1:01:17 Outro

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