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title: 'The New Testament Account of the Birth of Jesus'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'J. Gresham Machen'
date: 1905-10-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Bible and Canon'
- 'Ancient and Medieval Church History'
scriptures:
- 'Luke 1'
- 'Matthew 1'
- 'Matthew 2'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/machen-1905-1906-the-new-testament-account-of-the-birth-of-jesus
---

# The New Testament Account of the Birth of Jesus

Examines early attestation and historicity of Matthew and Luke's infancy narratives, arguing the virgin birth was an early, widely attested Christian belief based on patristic evidence.

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