Dr Jeremy Corley teaches Biblical Studies at Ushaw College, Durham, UK. He is author of Ben Sira's Teaching on Friendship (Brown Judaic Studies, 2002) and more than twenty articles on the New Testament and Second Temple Judaism.

• Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; Jeremy Corley, Ushaw College, Durham, UK; The Infancy Stories of the Gospels since Raymond E. Brown; Henry Wansbrough, Ampleforth Abbey, York, UK. Luke's Nativity Story: A Narrative Reading; Ian Boxall, St Stephen's House, Oxford, UK; Prophetic Voices of Elizabeth, Mary, and Anna in Luke 1-2; Barbara Reid, Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, Illinois, USA; Zechariah's "Benedictus" (Luke 1:68-79): A New Look at a Familiar Text; Leonard Maluf, Blessed John XXIII National Seminary, Weston, Massachusetts, USA; On Translating katalyma as Inn within Luke's Infancy Narrative; Nicholas King, Campion Hall, Oxford, UK; Matthew 1-2 and Roman Power; Warren Carter, Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Making Sense of the Matthean Genealogy: Matthew 1:17 and the Theology of History; Benedict Viviano, University of Fribourg, Switzerland; Matthew's Nativity Stories: Can we hear his Message Today?; Bernard Robinson, emeritus, Ushaw College, Durham, UK; The Magi Story through the Eyes of Pasolini: a Bakhtinian Reading; Christopher Fuller, Carroll College, Helena, Montana; The Nativity in Recent British Poetry Ann Loades emerita, University of Durham, Durham, UK; The Muslim Mary John Kaltner, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Losing Mystery in History: The Challenge of Recalling the Nativity; Thomas O'Loughlin, University of Lampeter, Lampeter, Wales, UK; Appendix: Resemblances between Matthew 1-2 and Luke 1-2; Patricia McDonald, Ushaw College, Durham, UK; Dictionary of Technical Terms, Significant Persons, and Ancient Texts; Bibliography; Subject Index.

"'Raymond E. Brown's Birth of the Messiah was a milestone and indeed a touchstone in Catholic research on the Infancy Narratives of Matthew and Luke. However, Father Brown never intended his book to be a barrier to further research and reflection, but rather a springboard. It is in that spirit that these essays offer new paths of research and reflection to continue and carry forward our appreciation and appropriation of the message of the Infancy Narratives.' - John Meier, Department of Theology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA - John Meier"