The Historical Evidence for the Virgin BirthFront matterReading editionChapter navigation39 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPrefaceAbbreviationsChapter I · The Virgin Birth And The New Testament Outside The First And Third GospelsI. St. PaulII. QIII. St. Mark's GospelIV. ActsV. The Epistle to the HebrewsVI. The Fourth GospelVII. The Pastoral and the Catholic Epistles and the ApocalypseVIII. SummaryChapter II · The Virgin Birth And The Third GospelI. Narratives and Passages Said to be Inconsistent With the ViewII. The Passage Lk. i. 34 fIII. Summary and ConclusionChapter III · St. Luke and the Virgin BirthI. Lk. i. 34 f. and the Textual QuestionII. Linguistic and Stylistic Examination of Lk. i. 34 fIII. Summary and ConclusionChapter IV · The Place Of The Virgin Birth In The Third GospelI. A Suggested TheoryII. Literary Conditions Under Which the Gospels Were WrittenIII. The Objections to Which the Above Theory is ExposedIV. Certain ConsequencesChapter V · The Virgin Birth And The First GospelI. The Characteristics of the GenealogyII. The Genuineness of Mt. i, iiIII. The Unity of Mt. i, iiIV. Implications, Sources, and ResultsAppendix To Chapter V. The Textual Problem of Mt. i. 16Chapter VI · The Historical Question: Its Limits And BearingsI. The Virgin Birth in the First and Third GospelsII. The Date of the Gospels in Relation to the Virgin Birth TraditionIII. The Relation of the Question of the Historical Value of the Gospels to the ProblemIV. The Question of Alternative TheoriesV. Doctrinal ConsiderationsIndexFootnotesBeginning of this editionNext chapter →PrefaceAll chapters and sections (39)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPrefaceAbbreviationsChapters1Other sectionsI. St. PaulII. QIII. St. Mark's GospelIV. ActsV. The Epistle to the HebrewsVI. The Fourth GospelVII. The Pastoral and the Catholic Epistles and the ApocalypseVIII. SummaryChapters2Other sectionsI. Narratives and Passages Said to be Inconsistent With the ViewII. The Passage Lk. i. 34 fIII. Summary and ConclusionChapters3Other sectionsI. Lk. i. 34 f. and the Textual QuestionII. Linguistic and Stylistic Examination of Lk. i. 34 fIII. Summary and ConclusionChapters4Other sectionsI. A Suggested TheoryII. Literary Conditions Under Which the Gospels Were WrittenIII. The Objections to Which the Above Theory is ExposedIV. Certain ConsequencesChapters5Other sectionsI. The Characteristics of the GenealogyII. The Genuineness of Mt. i, iiIII. The Unity of Mt. i, iiIV. Implications, Sources, and ResultsChapters56Other sectionsI. The Virgin Birth in the First and Third GospelsII. The Date of the Gospels in Relation to the Virgin Birth TraditionIII. The Relation of the Question of the Historical Value of the Gospels to the ProblemIV. The Question of Alternative TheoriesV. Doctrinal ConsiderationsIndexFootnotesClarendon Press◇Oxford◇1920◇Preface →