7
Eusebius, The Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine, III.42.
8
Leland M. Roth, Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History, and Meaning, 1st ed. (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1993), pp. 278, 282.
9
Antara Bate, “Church of the Nativity,” HistoryHit, June 18, 2021, https://www.historyhit.com/locations/church-of-the-nativity/
10
Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700 (Oxford Archaeological Guides, 5th ed.) (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), pp. 229–237.
11
Bate, “Church of the Nativity.”
12
Samuel Fallows, ed., The Popular and Critical Bible Encyclopedia and Scriptural Dictionary, Vol. 2 (Chicago: The Howard-Severance Co., 1907), p. 1121.
13
Luke 1:1,2. It is a popular belief among many scholars and historians throughout the centuries that the “eyewitnesses” Luke refers to in Luke 1:2 include Mary, the mother of Jesus.
14
Rebecca J. Brimmer, Rev., “The Bible Through the Lens of the Land,” Bridges for Peace, https://www.bridgesforpeace.com/letter/the-bible-through-the-lens-of-the-land/