(December 11, 2021 at 5:37 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(December 11, 2021 at 5:24 pm)Oldandeasilyconfused Wrote:
Fascinating. Another belief shattered.
I've always thought December 25 is the winter solstice. I've also always thought Jesus was probably born in spring. Have no idea where I learned all that so it might be wrong too.
The solstice typically occurs on 21 December.
A Greek historian (whose name escapes me just now) of the period calculated that Jesus was conceived in March and born in December. If I remember rightly, it goes something like this:
-John the Baptist was conceived on Yom Kippur, which typically occurs in October.
-JtB is six months older than Jesus.
-Therefore, Jesus would have to have been conceived in March.
-March to December is nine months.
Boru
Interesting stuff. Of course of limited use because the New Testament is myth rather than a history book. As far as I'm aware there's the same amount of contemporary evidence for the existence of John the Baptist than there is for Jesus. IE none
However it's sometimes interesting to see the minds of apologists at work.
