Again on the birth stories in Matthew and Luke

REMNANT OF GIANTS: Jesus’ Birth in Bethlehem Again: Possible Harmonizing Interpretations versus Probable Contextual Interpretations. A follow-up post by Dr. Galbraith to his earlier post on the New Testament Nativity stories, noted here. Yes, I was agreeing with Deane. I also agree that two conflicting accounts can always be harmonized by introducing enough secondary assumptions, but that often that is not good exegesis.

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