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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

The first generation of Christians were Jews and thus wouldn't have had a Messiah coming from Bethlehem prophecy. The King David line was about 6 centuries old at that point, everyone could claim to be from it.

By casting him in Nazareth all evidence of him would be removed. Nazareth was nothing in the first century. Didn't even appear on maps of the area. A total blackhole. No one was from there and no one had ever been there. James could say whatever bullshit he wanted and no one could investigate it.

Now your last argument that the Gospel writers could have just changed the text doesn't work either. Since Paul mentions it.