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Improvement Era 58, no. 4 (April 1955)
McKay, David O.
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Is There a Contradiction between Alma 7:10 and Matthew 2:5–6?
Title
Is There a Contradiction between Alma 7:10 and Matthew 2:5–6?
Magazine
Improvement Era
Publication Type
Magazine Article
Year of Publication
1955
Authors
Smith, Joseph Fielding (Primary)
Number of Pages
222
Date Published
April 1955
Volume
58
Issue Number
4
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Abstract
In answer to the title, this article states that there is no contradiction, arguing that Joseph Smith and all of his associates knew perfectly well that Bethlehem was where Jesus was born. The expression used in Alma 7:10 was not that Jesus was born in Jerusalem, but at Jerusalem. This is a Hebrew expression and simply refers to a geographical area—Jerusalem and environs, including Bethlehem.
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Subject Keywords
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Alma (Book)
Jerusalem (Old World)
Bethlehem
Nativity
Jesus Christ, Birth of
Gospel of Matthew
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