<sod>The Gospel of Luke also dates the birth ten years after Herod's death, during the [[census of Quirinius]] in 6 AD described by the historian [[Josephus]].<ref name=Rahner731 /> [[Raymond E. Brown]] notes that "most critical scholars acknowledge a confusion and misdating on Luke's part."<ref>[[Raymond E. Brown]], ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Co8Mh-GliPIC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false An Adult Christ at Christmas: Essays on the Three Biblical Christmas Stories]'', (Liturgical Press, 1988), p. 17.<br>For example, Dunn, James Douglas Grant (2003), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=G4qpnvoautgC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Jesus Remembered]'', Eerdmans. p. 344. ISBN 0-8028-3931-2 Similarly, Erich S. Gruen, 'The expansion of the empire under Augustus', in ''The Cambridge ancient history'' Volume 10, p. 157.<br>[[Geza Vermes]], ''The Nativity'', Penguin 2006, p. 96.<br>[[W. D. Davies]] and [[E. P. Sanders]], 'Jesus from the Jewish point of view', in ''The Cambridge History of Judaism'' ed William Horbury, vol 3: the Early Roman Period, 1984<br>Anthony Harvey, ''A Companion to the New Testament'' (Cambridge University Press 2004), p. 221.<br>[[John P. Meier|Meier, John P.]], [[John P. Meier#A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus|''A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus'']]. Doubleday, 1991, v. 1, p. 213.<br>[[Raymond E. Brown|Brown, Raymond E.]] ''The Birth of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in Matthew and Luke''. London: G. Chapman, 1977, p. 554.<br>[[A. N. Sherwin-White]], pp. 166, 167.<br>[[Fergus Millar]] {{cite conference | first = Fergus | last = Millar | authorlink = Fergus Millar | title = Reflections on the trials of Jesus | booktitle = A Tribute to Geza Vermes: Essays on Jewish and Christian Literature and History (JSOT Suppl. 100) [eds. P.R. Davies and R.T. White] |pages=355–81 |publisher=JSOT Press |year=1990 |location=Sheffield}} repr. in {{citation |last=Millar |first=Fergus |authorlink=Fergus Millar |title=The Greek World, the Jews, and the East |journal= Rome, the Greek World and the East |volume=3 |pages=139–163 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |year=2006}}</ref>  however some conservative Christian biblical scholars and commentators still believe the two accounts can be harmonised,<ref>{{Cite book | last=Archer | first=Gleason Leonard | authorlink=Gleason Leonard Archer | title=Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties |date=April 1982 | publisher=Zondervan Pub. House | location=Grand Rapids, Mich. | isbn=0-310-43570-6 | page=366}}</ref><ref>Frederick Fyvie Bruce, ''The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?'' (1943; republished Eerdman, 2003), pp. 87–88.</ref> arguing that the text in Luke can be read as "registration before Quirinius was governor of Syria", which supports Matthew's insistence that Jesus was born prior to Herod's death in 4 BC. Not surprisingly, due to his confusion over such historical details, [[Tertullian]] believed some two centuries later that a number of censuses were performed throughout the Roman world under Saturninus at the same time.<ref name=CoxEasley289 /><ref name=Vardaman >Nikos Kokkinos, 1998, in ''Chronos, kairos, Christos 2'' by Ray Summers, Jerry Vardaman ISBN 0-86554-582-0 pp. 121–126</ref><ref>C.F. Evans, ''Tertullian's reference to Sentius Saturninus and the Lukan Census'' in the ''Journal of Theological Studies (1973) XXIV(1): 24–39</ref><ref>''The Life of Jesus of Nazareth'' by Rush Rhees 2007 ISBN 1-4068-3848-9 Section 54</ref> [[Geza Vermes]] has described such approaches as 'exegetical acrobatics'.<ref name="Vermes2006">{{cite book|author=Geza Vermes|title=The Nativity: History and Legend|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J00OOo-3RqEC&pg=PT28|date=2 November 2006|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-0-14-191261-5|pages=28–30}}</ref><eod>
<sod>The Gospel of Luke also dates the birth ten years after Herod's death, during the [[census of Quirinius]] in 6 AD described by the historian [[Josephus]].<ref name=Rahner731 /> [[Raymond E. Brown]] notes that "most critical scholars acknowledge a confusion and misdating on Luke's part."<ref>[[Raymond E. Brown]], ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Co8Mh-GliPIC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false An Adult Christ at Christmas: Essays on the Three Biblical Christmas Stories]'', (Liturgical Press, 1988), p. 17.<br>For example, Dunn, James Douglas Grant (2003), ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=G4qpnvoautgC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false Jesus Remembered]'', Eerdmans. p. 344. ISBN 0-8028-3931-2 Similarly, Erich S. Gruen, 'The expansion of the empire under Augustus', in ''The Cambridge ancient history'' Volume 10, p. 157.<br>[[Geza Vermes]], ''The Nativity'', Penguin 2006, p. 96.<br>[[W. D. Davies]] and [[E. P. Sanders]], 'Jesus from the Jewish point of view', in ''The Cambridge History of Judaism'' ed William Horbury, vol 3: the Early Roman Period, 1984<br>Anthony Harvey, ''A Companion to the New Testament'' (Cambridge University Press 2004), p. 221.<br>[[John P. Meier|Meier, John P.]], [[John P. Meier#A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus|''A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus'']]. Doubleday, 1991, v. 1, p. 213.<br>[[Raymond E. Brown|Brown, Raymond E.]] ''The Birth of the Messiah: A Commentary on the Infancy Narratives in Matthew and Luke''. London: G. Chapman, 1977, p. 554.<br>[[A. N. Sherwin-White]], pp. 166, 167.<br>[[Fergus Millar]] {{cite conference | first = Fergus | last = Millar | authorlink = Fergus Millar | title = Reflections on the trials of Jesus | booktitle = A Tribute to Geza Vermes: Essays on Jewish and Christian Literature and History (JSOT Suppl. 100) [eds. P.R. Davies and R.T. White] |pages=355–81 |publisher=JSOT Press |year=1990 |location=Sheffield}} repr. in {{citation |last=Millar |first=Fergus |authorlink=Fergus Millar |title=The Greek World, the Jews, and the East |journal= Rome, the Greek World and the East |volume=3 |pages=139–163 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |year=2006}}</ref>  however some conservative Christian biblical scholars and commentators still believe the two accounts can be harmonised,<ref>{{Cite book | last=Archer | first=Gleason Leonard | authorlink=Gleason Leonard Archer | title=Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties |date=April 1982 | publisher=Zondervan Pub. House | location=Grand Rapids, Mich. | isbn=0-310-43570-6 | page=366}}</ref><ref>Frederick Fyvie Bruce, ''The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable?'' (1943; republished Eerdman, 2003), pp. 87–88.</ref> arguing that the text in Luke can be read as "registration before Quirinius was governor of Syria", which supports Matthew's insistence that Jesus was born prior to Herod's death in 4 BC. Not surprisingly, due to his confusion over such historical details, [[Tertullian]] believed some two centuries later that a number of censuses were performed throughout the Roman world under Saturninus at the same time.<ref name=Vardaman >Nikos Kokkinos, 1998, in ''Chronos, kairos, Christos 2'' by Ray Summers, Jerry Vardaman ISBN 0-86554-582-0 pp. 121–126</ref><ref>C.F. Evans, ''Tertullian's reference to Sentius Saturninus and the Lukan Census'' in the ''Journal of Theological Studies (1973) XXIV(1): 24–39</ref><ref>''The Life of Jesus of Nazareth'' by Rush Rhees 2007 ISBN 1-4068-3848-9 Section 54</ref> [[Geza Vermes]] has described such approaches as 'exegetical acrobatics'.<ref name="Vermes2006">{{cite book|author=Geza Vermes|title=The Nativity: History and Legend|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J00OOo-3RqEC&pg=PT28|date=2 November 2006|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-0-14-191261-5|pages=28–30}}</ref><eod>