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What the Christmas Nativity Actually Entailed
We all know the classic Nativity story: stable, shepherds, wise men—but how much of it actually comes from the Bible?
In this video, we step behind the scenes of your average Nativity set and into the world of first-century Judea to investigate the infancy narratives of Matthew and Luke. Was there really a heartless innkeeper? A wooden stable? And three kings at the manger?
Drawing on archaeology, Greco-Roman culture, and close readings of the Bible stories, this video uncovers a Nativity more politically charged, socially tense, and theologically radical than we ever imagined.
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