Jesus was born in Bethlehem, not because of a Roman census but through the fear of Jewish censure.
N. Clayton Croy, PhD. (1995), Emory University, has taught at Trinity Lutheran Seminary (Columbus, OH), Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University, and Southern Nazarene University (Oklahoma City). He has written academic monographs, peer-reviewed articles, and textbooks, including A Primer of Biblical Greek.