The Curious Tale of the Nativity

Thu Dec 11 2025 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm UTC+00:00

Future Inn Bristol Cabot Circus | Bristol

Curious Tales
Publisher/HostCurious Tales
The Curious Tale of the Nativity
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A look at the much loved story of the birth of Jesus, when and why it was written and what it tells about the motivation of the authors.
About this Event

Our nativity story is primarily based on the accounts in Matthew's Gospel and Luke's Gospel. But the accounts are contradictory. In Matthew, Joseph and Mary appear to start the story in Bethlehem and only live in Nazareth after the return from Egypt. In Luke, the story starts and ends in Nazareth. So is there any historical basis to the story? One way to approach this question is to look at the context of the writing of the two source gospels...

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Future Inn Bristol Cabot Circus, Bond Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

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