Was Jesus Really Born in a Stable? | The Word in Action

The recent motion picture, the Nativity Story, conveys this thought in the birth scene, as Mary gives birth in a cave almost immediately after being turned away from a room by a stern hotel operator. ... This scenario is posited by Kenneth Bailey, in his book, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes, Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press (2008). Bailey has spent more than thirty (30) years living and teaching in seminaries and other institutions in Egypt, Lebanon, ...