{"id":2957,"date":"2021-11-18T12:27:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T12:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bartdehrman.com\/?page_id=2957"},"modified":"2025-12-05T23:11:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T23:11:22","slug":"did-the-christmas-story-really-happen-webinar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bartehrman.com\/did-the-christmas-story-really-happen-webinar\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the Christmas Story Really Happen?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Join Dr Ehrman&#8217;s Online Course!<\/p>\n<h1 data-fontsize=\"50\" data-lineheight=\"60px\" style=\"text-align: center; --fontSize:50;\"><strong>did the christmas story really happen?<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"\">Four 50-Minute Lectures<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">Q&amp;A Included<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">Audio Downloads Included!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">BONUS! &nbsp;Includes Lifetime &nbsp;Course Access!<\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"44\" data-lineheight=\"52.8px\" style=\"--fontSize:44; line-height: 1.2; text-align: left;\">the birth of jesus in history and legend<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"\"><span style=\"\">What can we actually know about the birth of Jesus?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>How can we decide whether he was born in Bethlehem?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><span style=\"\">Is it possible to reconcile the different Gospel accounts?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"\"><span style=\"\">Was the story of the Virgin Birth a later fabrication?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Evidence for the trip to Bethlehem &amp; the visit of the wisemen<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>How much of the stories come from later legends?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[tcb-script src=&#8221;https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js&#8221;][\/tcb-script]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; color: rgb(19, 19, 32) !important; --tcb-applied-color: rgb(19, 19, 32) !important;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Watch Dr. Ehrman&#8217;s video introduction to the event<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Note that the video refers to an upcoming webinar. &nbsp;This has now been recorded and is available for immediate viewing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"\">2 MILLION+<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"\">2 M+<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Books and Courses Sold<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"\">6<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><strong>New York Times Best Sellers<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"\">100&#8217;S<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Public Lectures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2188\" width=\"494\" data-init-width=\"500\" height=\"371\" data-init-height=\"375\" title=\"Bart Ehrman - Author and Speaker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bartdehrman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bart-Ehrman-Author-and-Speaker.png\" data-width=\"494\" data-height=\"371\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 500 \/ 375;\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center; --fontSize:38;\" data-fontsize=\"38\" data-lineheight=\"normal\"><strong><span style=\"\">ABOUT BART<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"\">Dr. Bart D. Ehrman has written or edited thirty-three books, including six New York Times bestsellers: &nbsp;<strong><em>How Jesus Became God, Misquoting Jesus, God\u2019s Problem, Jesus Interrupted, Forged<\/em>, and <em>The Triumph of Christianity<\/em><\/strong>. &nbsp;Bart is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he has taught thousands of students and won numerous awards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">Bart&#8217;s work has been featured in The New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, and Newsweek; he has appeared on National Geographic, CNN, the BBC, NBC&#8217;s Dateline, the Discovery Channel, the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the Sam Harris Podcast, and many other top media outlets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartdehrman.com\/barts-biography\/\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2239\" width=\"182\" data-init-width=\"182\" height=\"81\" data-init-height=\"81\" title=\"Smithsonian Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bartdehrman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Smithsonian-Logo.png\" data-width=\"182\" data-height=\"81\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 182 \/ 81;\" mt-d=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2222\" width=\"170\" data-init-width=\"182\" height=\"76\" data-init-height=\"81\" title=\"Duke\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bartdehrman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Duke.png\" data-width=\"170\" data-height=\"76\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 182 \/ 81;\" mt-d=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2224\" width=\"170\" data-init-width=\"182\" height=\"76\" data-init-height=\"81\" title=\"History\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bartdehrman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/History.png\" data-width=\"170\" data-height=\"76\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 182 \/ 81;\" mt-d=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2238\" width=\"180\" data-init-width=\"182\" height=\"80\" data-init-height=\"81\" title=\"Fresh Air Radio Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bartdehrman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fresh-Air-Radio-Logo.png\" data-width=\"180\" data-height=\"80\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 182 \/ 81;\" mt-d=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2226\" width=\"182\" data-init-width=\"182\" height=\"81\" data-init-height=\"81\" title=\"Sam Harris\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bartdehrman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sam-Harris.png\" data-width=\"182\" data-height=\"81\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 182 \/ 81;\" mt-d=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 data-fontsize=\"38\" data-lineheight=\"normal\" style=\"text-align: center; --fontSize:38;\"><strong><span style=\"\">there are a lot of intriguing questions here!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"\"><em>&#8220;It was a full and unusually intriguing day, four lectures each with Q&amp;A. The talks were around 50 minutes with 20-25 minutes Q&amp;A (each). These were some interesting discussions and with four lectures we were able to dive deep.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"\">Dr. Bart D. 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