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The heart of Christmas
History, Archaeology Dr Garth Gilmour History, Archaeology Dr Garth Gilmour

The heart of Christmas

In this season we love to tell again the Christmas story, remembering the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem all those years ago. But the story has grown with the telling, and we cannot always determine what is original, and what has been added. There are two versions of the nativity story in the Gospels, in Matthew and Luke, which nicely complement one another.

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