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Wing Nut Daily<\/em> turned a professor\u2019s suggestion that Jesus was rather like a muslim, being part of a social justice movement akin to early Islam, into the headline \u201cChristian prof claims Jesus was Muslim.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

In\u00a0The Bible and Interpretation<\/em> there is a piece by Philipp Nothaft<\/a> on the issues related to calculating when Jesus was born<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finally, in tangentially related news,\u00a0The Onion<\/a><\/em> reported today that Jesus has been questioned for accepting tithes from lobbyists<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"