The Nativity : history & legend / [print]
Geza Vermes.
- first U.S. edition.
- New York, New York : Doubleday, (c)2007.
- pages cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Examining every aspect of the Christmas story in light of biblical texts, period Jewish documents, and classical literary and historical sources, a biblical scholar reassesses the nativity saga, relating it to prophecies in the Old Testament and also to later Christian folklore.