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When was Jesus really born?

2023-12-25 18:30:38Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
When was Jesus really born?
When was Jesus really born?

The vast majority of Christians around the world celebrate Christmas on December 25 every year. However, there are various historical interpretations regarding the true date of Jesus' birth, which partially deviate from our Christmas traditions. The Italian magazine Focus.it brings the testimony of several researchers, according to whom the year of Jesus' birth should be set a little earlier than the current date.

In the first centuries of Christianity, no one had determined with certainty the birthday of its founder. The New Testament, on the other hand, does not give any precise indication on this matter. The date December 25 began to be mentioned since the III-IV century and since then it became more widespread.

The reason, according to many scholars, must be found in the coincidence with the ancient pagan anniversaries of Sol Invictus and Saturnalia, previously known and celebrated during the winter solstice. By fixing Christmas on the same date, the new religion would overlap with earlier cults. Evidence from the Gospels would also rule out the possibility that Jesus was born in December. One of which is the story of the Gospel of Luke, which speaks of the presence of shepherds outside the manger, who came "to keep watch at night and watch over their flock". Besides the difficulty of staying out in the cold months, the herds usually moved in the spring.

If the exact day and month are too difficult to identify, historical sources provide more information on the year of Jesus' arrival in the world. One of the most popular hypotheses is the one inspired by the Gospel of Matthew, which places it in the last years of the reign of Herod the Great, ruler of Judea who died in 4 BC. What complicates matters is the census, which the New Testament shows as contemporary with the birth of Christ. Assuming there wasn't another one dating back to 8 BC, the only record we're sure of dates to 6 AD and was promulgated by the Roman governor of Syria and Judea, Publius Sulpicius Quirinius, reigning under the emperor Augustus . Even in this case, the dilemma is far from being resolved.

The key to trying to provide a more certain explanation, according to some researchers, must also be found in astronomy. Over the centuries there have been attempts to identify the "comet" that led the three kings (the most famous was made by the astronomer John Kepler between the 16th and 17th centuries).

In this regard, one of the latest theories was formulated by Grant Mathews, director of the Center for Astrophysics at the University of Notre Dame in the USA. Combining historical and religious sources with NASA data, he identified a rare astral alignment between Earth, the Sun and at least one other planet, visible from Judea in 6 BC. Curiously, this meeting coincides with the penultimate year of Herod's reign. A circumstance that strengthens the thesis according to which "the first Christmas" can be placed around that year.


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