A small town south of Jerusalem, remembered as the home of David. Matthew and Luke both place Jesus’s birth here, though by different routes, and Justin Martyr and the Infancy Gospel of James locate it in a cave. Many historians think the tradition may be theological, linking Jesus with David, and that Nazareth was his birthplace; others accept it.
Where to start
Every mention
18 writings- 720 BCMicah: the ruler from BethlehemThe Prophets3×
- 600 BCJeremiah: Rachel’s weeping and the new covenantThe Prophets1×
- AD 85The Gospel of MatthewThe New Testament5×
- AD 85The Gospel of LukeThe New Testament2×
- AD 95The Gospel of JohnThe New Testament1×
- AD 150The Infancy Gospel of ThomasThe Other Gospels1×
- AD 153Justin Martyr, First ApologyThe Early Church2×
- AD 170The Infancy Gospel of James (Protevangelium of James)The Other Gospels7×
- AD 170Tatian’s DiatessaronThe Other Gospels2×
- AD 248Origen, Against Celsus, Book IThe Early Church9×
- AD 320Eusebius, Church History, Book IThe Early Church5×
- AD 400The Gospel of Nicodemus (Acts of Pilate) and the Pilate LettersThe Other Gospels2×
- AD 550Hone’s Apocryphal New Testament: the Arabic Infancy Gospel and the Abgar LettersThe Other Gospels8×
- 2026Jesus’s life: a chronological catalogue of the canonical narrativesThe Dossier4×
- 2026The prophecies associated with Jesus: a critical catalogueThe Dossier3×
- 2026The documentary record of Jesus and the movements that interpreted himThe Dossier1×
- 2026What the evidence can and cannot establishThe Dossier2×
- 2026Sources and further readingThe Dossier1×