The birth of Jesus gets far more attention than its role in the New Testament warrants.
Christmas looms large in our culture, outshining even Easter in the popular mind. Yet without Matthew 1-2 and Luke 1-2 we would know nothing about it.
Paul's gospel includes Jesus's Davidic descent (Romans 1:3), but apart from that could exist without mention of his birth. One can be justified by faith with no knowledge of it.
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