The story of the census in Bethlehem and Jesus being born in a manger in a stable is in Luke
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Replying to @arthur_affect @classicpoodle
the two different stories don't mention each other at all, and aren't connected at all
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Replying to @classicpoodle
they kind of contradict each other, too - Matthew says Jesus is from Bethlehem, and they move to Nazareth bc of Herod
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Replying to @arthur_affect @classicpoodle
Luke says Joseph and Mary were already in Nazareth, and go to Bethlehem where Jesus is born bc of the census
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Replying to @arthur_affect
how far apart are the two towns and are they culturally different?
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Replying to @classicpoodle
they're 100 miles apart, Nazareth was "northern Judea" and Bethlehem "southern"
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Replying to @arthur_affect
when does the romantic version first start showing up? And where?
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Replying to @classicpoodle
idk -- my sense is that the "Nativity scene" as we know it started in art from the European Middle Ages
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