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• John Meier, a professor at <strong>the</strong> Catholic<br />
University of A<strong>me</strong>rica in Washing<strong>to</strong>n DC:,<br />
concludes:<br />
* He (Jesus) was born around 7 BC in Nazareth, not<br />
in Bethlehem as <strong>the</strong> gospel ofLuke says.<br />
* Despite official Catholic teaching that Mary, <strong>the</strong><br />
mo<strong>the</strong>r of Jesus, remained a virgin all of her life,<br />
Meier says Jesus had four bro<strong>the</strong>rs and at least two<br />
sisters, details that e<strong>me</strong>rge from <strong>the</strong> gospels of Mark<br />
and John and from <strong>the</strong> writings of Paul. The virgin<br />
birth of Jesus, says Meier, "cannot be prov<strong>en</strong> or<br />
disprov<strong>en</strong>" by his<strong>to</strong>rical investigation.<br />
* He had a brief ministry in Galilee as a teacher,<br />
prophet and worker of deeds that were perceived by<br />
so<strong>me</strong> as miracles.<br />
* He was arrested in Jerusalem and crucified under<br />
fontius Pilate so<strong>me</strong>where around A.D. 30. His<br />
followers clai<strong>me</strong>d he rose from <strong>the</strong> dead. (Page 50)<br />
• John Crossan, one of <strong>the</strong> most prolific of <strong>the</strong><br />
modem questers, a for<strong>me</strong>r Roman Catholic<br />
priest and professor e<strong>me</strong>ritus at Depaul<br />
University in Chicago, thinks <strong>the</strong> evid<strong>en</strong>ce he's
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