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> two people – Mary and Joseph – who had to travel to a small city – Bethlehem – for the taking of a Roman census. And today it is known that the story about a
by acqq 6y ago
> two people – Mary and Joseph – who had to travel to a small city – Bethlehem – for the taking of a Roman census.
And today it is known that the story about anybody having to travel somewhere else to be counted for census was constructed to “explain” how somebody called “from Nazareth” could “fulfil the prophecy” that expected of the “messiah” to be born in Bethlehem. Even in these times it had no sense: people were counted there where they lived (i.e. “contributed to the economy”).
- thaumasiotes 6y agoIf you're proposing "hey, I think this would be a good idea", it doesn't really matter if the example you use is fictional. Weirdly, the reference to the story of the birth of Jesus undermines the article's point. It's an example of the people going to the census taker to be counted, when the entire idea of the rest of the piece is that the census taker goes to the people instead.
- solidsnack9000 6y agoThe census taker got closer than Rome, but the method of census taking was still people walking through a gate to be counted.
- solidsnack9000 6y agoThat is not correct, it turns out: https://history.stackexchange.com/a/23980 https://history.stackexchange.com/a/23980
- Konohamaru 6y agoSct. Maria & Sct. Josephe orate pro nobis.