Was Christ Born in Bethlehem?

Preface

Part 1. — Importance of the Problem

1. Luke’s History: What it Professes to be

2. Design and Unity of Luke’s History

3. Luke’s attitude towards the Roman World

4. Importance in Luke’s History on the story of the birth of Christ

Part 2. — Solution of the Problem

5. The question at issue

6. Luke’s account of the enrollment

7. Enrollment by households in Egypt

8. The Syrian enrollment of the year 8 BC

9. King Herod’s enrollment

10. Chronology of the Life of Christ

11. Quirinius the governor of Syria

Part 3 — Some associated questions

12. Some associated questions

Appendix: Specimens of the Documents