What is the evidence for (or against) the many details, such as the trip to Bethlehem, the visit of the wise men, and the “slaughter of the innocents”?

• What can we actually know about the birth of Jesus?
• How can we decide whether he was born in Bethlehem?
• Is it possible to reconcile the different Gospel accounts?
• Was the story of the Virgin Birth a later fabrication?
• How many of the familiar stories come from later legends?

Dr Bart D. Ehrman is an highly respected New Testament scholar focusing on the historical Jesus, and the origins and development of early Christianity. He has written and edited 30 books, including three college textbooks. He is currently New Testament Professor at the UoNC Chapel Hill. Professor Ehrman holds a BA from Moody Bible Seminary and Wheaton College, and a M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees at Princeton Seminary. Dr Erhman was pastor of the Princeton Baptist Church while completing his Ph.D, he is now describes himself as an Agnostic and continues to love studying the bible as an academic.