museum located on a patch of farmland in modern nazareth. archaeology and early histories tell us it was a relatively new town when jesus grew up here. scripture says, "jesus of nazareth," but then the scripture also says jesus was born in bethlehem. jesus of nazareth, jesus of bethlehem -- let's bring those two together. >> almost every christian in the world believes that jesus was born in bethlehem. >> dr. james charlesworth is a methodist minister and an archaeologist. >> the vast majority of critical new testament scholars, they have come to the conclusion that jesus was probably born in nazareth. >> why is that? >> he's never called "jesus of bethlehem." >> one of the interesting aspects regarding the traditions of jesus' birth is that there is no serious counterclaim among the early christians that jesus was born outside of bethlehem. >> the old testament includes prophecies that a messiah was expected to come from bethlehem. >> there were people who were

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