Escaping Shame: Mary's Dilemma and the Birthplace of Jesus

by N. Clayton Croy and Southern Nazarene University

The only narratives of Jesus' birth locate the event in Bethlehem, but the adult Jesus is consistently associated with Nazareth. How do we reconcile these two indisputable facts? Some dismiss Bethlehem as a theologoumenon, a theological fabrication. Others insist on Bethlehem based on the census of Quirinius. In the present volume, N. Clayton Croy argues that both are wrong. Instead Jesus' birthplace was determined by the scandalous nature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004517014
• ISBN13: 9789004517011
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 224 Pages