Foundations of Religion - Christianity SECTION B Down
2. The light given off by an exploding star far off in space. 3. Name for a messenger of God. 4. The name of the city only three miles away from where Jesus grew up. 5. The name given to the astrologers who journeyed from lands to the east of Palestine to visit the infant Jesus.
7. The name of the town in which Jesus grew up. 8. The town where Jesus was born. 9. This was the job that Jesus did to earn a living. 10. The Emperor Augustus announced this to find out how many Jews were eligible to pay taxes. 15. It comes from a Latin word meaning the birth (of Jesus). 16. It means ‘the celebration of Christ’. 18. They were the first people to visit the infant Jesus. 19. Someone who has not yet had sexual intercourse.
3. Think about it!
(a) ‘Jesus was born sometime between 6 BCE and 4 BCE.’ What evidence is there to support this claim?
(b) Why have Christians celebrated the birth of Jesus on 25 December since the fourth century CE? 4. Think about it!
(a) The early Christians were not interested in what Jesus looked like. Why? (b) How have Western artists painted Jesus since the sixth century? (c) Why, do you think, these artists have painted him looking like this? (d) What do modern scholars think Jesus really looked like?
