the story of the Magi/Wise Men is Matthew 2
they're 100 miles apart, Nazareth was "northern Judea" and Bethlehem "southern"
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when does the romantic version first start showing up? And where?
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idk -- my sense is that the "Nativity scene" as we know it started in art from the European Middle Ages
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the context is that Nazareth was a "nothing special" place while Bethlehem was prophesied to be the Messiah's birthplace
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because it was said to be King David's hometown
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