Dr. Kruger proposes several solutions to the census of Quirinius. Tom Wright’s proposal seems strong and straight forward. The cleansings of the temple I take to be separate occurrances, unlike Dr. Kruger. Also, many now hold to Herod the Great death to have happened around 1 BCE, and therefore, Jesus’ birth 4-3 BCE. The fact that the Christian society who was desirous to commemorate the birth of the savior, and yet couldn’t get the calendar right as to the year of our Lord, shows the fraught nature of ascertaining even basic historical facts. However, the bible can stand on its own in the face of honest inquiry.
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