Clip (<5 mins)
Biblical StudiesNew Testament
Jewish
Jesus' Birth -- A-J Levine
Theologian
Amy-Jill Levine
Duration
1.56
Uploaded to YouTube
7 December 2008
Added to Database
21 March 2026
YouTube description
A-J Levine, who happens to be an orthodox Jew, serves as Professor of New Testament at Vanderbilt University. In this clip from "Saving Jesus," Levine notes that divine births were a dime a dozen in antiquity and that, just perhaps, the evangelist Matthew was mocking the tradition in his tale of Jesus' birth.
