The Historical Evidence for the Virgin Birth

The work offers a rigorous critical and literary examination of New Testament evidence for a miraculous conception, surveying references in Paul, the Synoptics, Acts, Hebrews, the Fourth Gospel, and the Catholic and Pastoral letters. It subjects Luke and Matthew to close textual, linguistic, and source analysis—probing annunciation accounts, genealogies, and variant readings—proposes a theory for the tradition's place in Luke, addresses alternative explanations and dating of sources, and delineates the historical question's limits while noting its eventual theological bearings.