The differences and possible contradictions between these two accounts of the nativity of Jesus are part of the Synoptic Problem.

A nativity scene takes its inspiration from the accounts of the birth of Jesus in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.

They are regular figures in traditional accounts of the nativity celebrations of Christmas and are an important part of the Christian tradition.

The ministry-based approach to estimating the year of birth of Jesus is independent of the nativity accounts and works backwards from the start of the ministry of Jesus, based on the statement in Luke 3: 23 that Jesus was " about 30 years of age " at that time.

Two independent approaches can be used to estimate the year of birth of Jesus, one based on the nativity accounts in the gospels, the other by working backwards from the date of the start of his ministry.

Two independent approaches can be used to estimate the year of birth of Jesus, one based on the nativity accounts in the gospels, the other by working backwards from the date of the start of his ministry.

The year of birth of Jesus can be estimated using two independent approaches: one based on the nativity accounts in the gospels of Matthew and Luke, the other by working backwards from the date of the start of his ministry, when according to the Gospel of Luke he was about thirty years old.

The " nativity-based " approach to estimating the year of birth of Jesus relies on the analysis of the nativity accounts ( that only appear in the Gospels of Luke and Matthew ) along with other corresponding historical data.

The ministry-based approach to estimating the year of birth of Jesus is independent of the nativity accounts and works backwards from the start of his ministry, based on the statement in Luke 3: 23 that Jesus was " about 30 years of age " at that time.

In the United States, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City annually displays a Neapolitan Baroque nativity scene before a blue spruce.

In the United States, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City annually displays a Neapolitan Baroque nativity scene before a blue spruce.

Perhaps the best known nativity scene in America is the Neapolitan Baroque Crèche displayed annually in the Medieval Sculpture Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

In federal court pleadings in the United States, for example, the New York City, school system defended its ban on nativity scenes by claiming the historicity of the birth of Jesus was not actual fact.

In 1985, the United States Supreme Court ruled in ACLU v. Scarsdale, New York that nativity scenes on public lands violate separation of church and state statutes unless they comply with " The Reindeer Rule "— a regulation calling for equal opportunity for non-religious symbols, such as reindeer.

Other areas where Yamauchi has written include the social and cultural history of first century Christianity, the relevance of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls for New Testament studies, the primary source value of Josephus ' writings, and the role of the Magi in both ancient Persia and in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew.

The present bishop of Newcastle in the Anglican Church of Australia is the Right Reverend Brian Farran, who was enthroned on 24 June 2005 ( the feast of the nativity of St John the Baptist ) at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, New South Wales.

A nativity scene or crèche (; also known as a manger scene, or crib ) is a depiction of the birth of Jesus as described in the gospels of Matthew and Luke.

The Vatican nativity scene for 2007 placed the birth of Jesus in Joseph's house in Nazareth ( rather than in Bethlehem ), based upon an interpretation of the Gospel of Matthew.

Mainstream scholars interpret Matthew's nativity as depicting Jesus as a new Moses with a genealogy going back to Abraham, while Ulrich Luz views the depiction of Jesus by Matthew at once as the new Moses and the inverse of Moses and not simply a retelling of the Moses story.

The star appears in the nativity story of the Gospel of Matthew, where magi " from the east " are inspired by the star to travel to Jerusalem.

Keener notes that the hypothetical Q source also likely begins with John, explaining the overlap between Matthew and Luke in the non Markan-material, and why there is so little overlap in the nativity story.

The star often appears in representations of the manger scene found in Luke, although the star and the wise men do not appear in Luke's nativity story.

The nativity account ( Gospel of Luke ) begins with Mary and Joseph ( Mary's betrothed ) traveling to Bethlehem to be enrolled in the Roman census ordered by Augustus Caesar.

According to this view, Marcion eliminated the first two chapters of Luke concerning the nativity, and began his gospel at Capernaum making modifications to the remainder suitable to Marcionism.

She remarked, " Even though every inmate was only allowed to do one a month, and I was only there for five months, I begged because I said I was an expert potter — ceramicist actually — and could I please make the entire nativity scene.

To its sources, the Gospel adds the first known mention of an ox and ass being present at the nativity of Jesus.

This date was important to them as the Catholic celebration of the Virgin Mary's nativity ; like the religious symbols they used, taking action on this date connected their Catholic past with present purpose.

It marks the beginning of year 1582 if that year began on, the traditional date of the birth or nativity of Jesus.

Early Christians considered this a likely date for their saviour's nativity, as it was commonly held that the world was created on Spring equinox ( thought to fall on March 25 at the time ), and that Christ had been conceived on that date, being born 9 months later on Winter solstice.

The word Latin horoscopus, ultimately from Greek " nativity, horoscope ", literally " observer of the hour birth ", from " time, hour " and " observer, watcher ".

At last it came to my mind that an Order composed of native sons would effect the object and be sustained by pride of parentage and place of nativity while it would be an imperishable memento an institution that would last through all time.

The production is a new take on the nativity story and was released in time for Christmas 2005.

" The muse of Leonidas of the Nile offers up to thee, O Caesar, this writing, at the time of thy nativity ; for the sacrifice of Calliope is always without smoke: but in the ensuing year he will offer up, if thou wilt, better things than this.

At Christmas time people may even see a live nativity scene being played out in front of the church.

At the time they were writing the episode, Parker and Stone had seen a large number of news reports about government buildings refusing to allow the display of models of the nativity scene and other Christian holiday symbols, in an effort not to offend other religions.

" The Abyssinians possess also the Ark of the Covenant ", he wrote, and, after a description of the object, describes how the liturgy is celebrated upon the Ark four times a year, " on the feast of the great nativity, on the feast of the glorious Baptism, on the feast of the holy Resurrection, and on the feast of the illuminating Cross.

The same year, the Vatican's Paul VI Hall exhibited a nativity designed by Mexican artists.

On May 1 each year the fire brigade of Balve is invited to the Feuerwehrfest, and for 20 years a christmas market has organized by Balver Fachhandel that features a live nativity scene.

* Kagharong is a native depiction of the nativity scene is held every year during the yuletide season.

Each year, a creche or nativity scene goes on display in the building's courtyard.

According to the ethnographer, Joan Amades, it was a " customary figure in pessebres nativity scenes in the 19th century, because people believed that this deposit fertilized the ground of the pessebre, which became fertile and ensured the pessebre for the following year, and with it, the health of body and peace of mind required to make the pessebre, with the joy and happiness brought by Christmas near the hearth.