2024-12-25 19:55:09
They were not refugees. Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken. Joseph and Mary traveled to Judea, to the town of Bethlehem (the town of David) because Joseph belonged to the house and line of David [Link] Even when fleeing to Egypt, they were not refugees [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(91-3-6) Author
2024-12-25 22:06:18
Mary was from from Judea, not "Palestine". The land was only named that in the 2nd century by the Romans, after the time of Jesus [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(77-0-4) Author
2024-12-25 22:06:22
Mary and Joseph were both Jews from Judea. Jesus was born 135 years before the region was renamed Syria-Palestina by the conquering Romans. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(95-1-3) Author
2024-12-25 22:44:15
The post is a falsification of history. It attempts to erase Jews from the historical narrative in the land of Israel. Jesus was Jew Mary was a Jew Joseph was Jew ‘Jesus was a Jew. He was born of a Jewish mother, in Galilee, a Jewish part of the world.’ [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(114-1-7) Author
2024-12-25 23:26:24
There is no contemporaneous evidence that Jesus existed. Stories about him were written long after he was supposedly put to death. However, the man in these stories was Jewish. Did Jesus Exist? - American Atheists [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(18-5-43) Author
2024-12-26 00:16:22
St Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ was Jewish by birth and heritage and by civil affiliation a subject of the Herodian Kingdom (Regnum Iudaeorum), a vassal state of the Roman Empire. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(113-2-3) Author
2024-12-26 15:38:21
NNN - While the region was called Judea during Jesus's time, Bethlehem is currently in the State of Palestine. Grylls uses "Palestine" as geographic reference based on Bible maps, acknowledging it's not about ethnicity or nationality. [Link] CURRENTLY_RATED_NOT_HELPFUL(0-0-11) Author