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The Birth of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke is unavailable, but you can change that!

In some ways the narratives of Jesus’ birth and infancy are the last frontiers to be crossed in the critical approach to the Gospels. For some, the stories of Jesus’ birth are given dubious historical value. For others, the popular character of these narratives—the exotic magi, birth star, angelic messengers, and so on—renders them as legends unworthy to be a vehicle of the pure Gospel message....

We shall begin with Matthew’s infancy narrative which is shorter and more easily manageable than Luke’s. Before reading this commentary, the reader is urged to go through Matt 1–2 carefully, noting what is in Matthew and expunging from mind details about Jesus’ birth known from the Lucan infancy narrative. Methodologically, it is imperative to ask oneself: What would I learn about Jesus’ birth if I possessed only Matthew’s
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