New Testament

Week 6: The Gospel of Matthew, Part 1

Matthew 1:1–7:29

27 October 2022

• Jeffrey R. Chadwick, “Dating the Birth of Christ,” BYU Studies 49, no. 4 (2010): 5–38.

• Kevin Barney, “When Was Jesus Born?,” By Common Consent (blog), 19 December 2010. Barney’s blog post is a review and critique of Chadwick’s BYU Studies article, above.

• S. Kent Brown, C. Wilfred Griggs, and H. Kimball Hansen, “Review of April Sixth by John C. Lefgren,” BYU Studies 22, no. 3 (Summer 1982): 375–83.

• “Herod’s Death, Jesus’ Birth and a Lunar Eclipse,” Biblical Archaeology Review (2013–2015).

• Grant J. Matthews, “Finding the Christmas Star,” Notre Dame Magazine, 21 December 2009.

• Andrew McGowan, “How December 25 Became Christmas,” Bible History Daily (blog), 3 December 2017.

• Bill Mounce, “Was Jesus baptized ‘with’ or ‘in’ the Spirit in Matthew 3:11?,” BillMounce.com (blog), 11 October 2010.

• John W. Welch, Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple & Sermon on the Mount: An Approach to 3 Nephi 11–18 and Matthew 5–7 (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book / Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999).