New Testament
Week 6: The Gospel of Matthew, Part 1
Matthew 1:1–7:29
27 October 2022
Lesson materials
Handout 1
Handout 2
Additional reading and links
Jeffrey R. Chadwick, “Dating the Birth of Christ,” BYU Studies 49, no. 4 (2010): 5–38.
Kevin Barney, “When Was Jesus Born?,” By Common Consent (blog), 19 December 2010. Barney’s blog post is a review and critique of Chadwick’s BYU Studies article, above.
S. Kent Brown, C. Wilfred Griggs, and H. Kimball Hansen, “Review of April Sixth by John C. Lefgren,” BYU Studies 22, no. 3 (Summer 1982): 375–83.
“Herod’s Death, Jesus’ Birth and a Lunar Eclipse,” Biblical Archaeology Review (2013–2015).
Grant J. Matthews, “Finding the Christmas Star,” Notre Dame Magazine, 21 December 2009.
Andrew McGowan, “How December 25 Became Christmas,” Bible History Daily (blog), 3 December 2017.
Bill Mounce, “Was Jesus baptized ‘with’ or ‘in’ the Spirit in Matthew 3:11?,” BillMounce.com (blog), 11 October 2010.
John W. Welch, Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple & Sermon on the Mount: An Approach to 3 Nephi 11–18 and Matthew 5–7 (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book / Provo, Utah: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999).