Wednesday, December 10, 2008

'Jesus was born in June', astronomers claim - Telegraph

Good news for those of you who have not started on your Xmas shopping: "Jesus was born in June," astronomers claim

Specifically, June 17th, 2 BC.

I hate to be picky, but I believe King Herod died two years earlier than that (late March or early April of 4 BC), so 2 BC is right out, assuming you accept the Herod portion of the nativity story, and I can't come up with a good reason to accept the star portion if one rejects the Herod portion.

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