The History and Archaeology of Christmas (Part 2) - Chris McKinny and Kyle Keimer
Biblical World
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What Do Tiglath, Sargon and Sinacrib Have to Do With Christmas?
There's a lot that i think has generally been overlooked. It allows us to come to a better, exegetical understanding of the text but also fits culturally, historically a bit better and diminishes the number of issues some scholars think are there. And so we would like to look at several instances in matthew's gospel. We have some very interesting prophetic texts that play a role an how we understand the christmas story. But there's much more to thi story. Because we're leaving beth Bethlehem now, won't be coming back here and there.
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