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From: conan@wish-bone.berkeley.edu
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Subject: Re: When was Christ Born?
Message-ID: <Oct.11.04.24.15.1989.15307@athos.rutgers.edu>
Date: 11 Oct 89 08:24:17 GMT
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In article <Oct.7.19.11.39.1989.27460@athos.rutgers.edu> davidbu@tekigm2.men.tek.com (David Buxton) writes:
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>Has anyone done a study on dating the time of of year of Christ's birth?
>

There is no way to date Christ's birth without making assumptions which are
almost completely unwarranted by the NT--there is simply not enough evidence
available.  (Though one can argue that it wasn't in December based on the
current behavior of shepards in the Middle East.)

A related question:  what did (or do) the early Fathers of the church have
to say on this subject?

Yours in Christ,

David Cruz-Uribe, SFO