The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Birth

The top Jesus scholars and authors of The Last Week help us see the real Christmas story buried in the familiar Bible accounts

In a perfect follow-up and companion to The Last Week, Borg and Crossan offer an account of the two famous nativity narratives in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. Borg and Crossan do not concern themselves with the historical question of “what really happened?” Instead, they focus on discovering the actual literary story that the Gospels tell. These renowned scholars feel that two thousand years of history have biased our readings of the texts. The First Christmas will help us to see the nativity story afresh and to be able to appreciate the powerful message of the Gospels.