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Rambo123UK wrote:

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The census of "all the world" was of Roman citizens only - and would not have been of concern to Joseph. The census of Judea, that of Quirinius - a different census - cannot be reconciled with Herod being dead when this took place. In any case, at that time Nazareth, in Galilee, was not part of the region Quirinius controlled - and so again, the census would not have included Josephus. Nor would any Roman census require him to move from where he was living and working - Nazareth - to his ancestral origin - Bethlehem.

The whole story is bogus.

Thank you Rambo. You always offer good information. You must have an excellent library.

Rambo123UK wrote:

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It's amazing what you can find, but by far the best thing for me is the ability to go to the actual source texts with ease. How I managed before I could go online to look at what Nennius, Tacitus, Dio, Josephus or Pliny actually said I have no idea.

Although my library is also extensive as I still find there is something to be said of having a pile of books around you, each filled with little slips of paper marking pages, as well as highlighted sections and notes in the margins...

I would love to grow up as a vague muttering english historian, wandering around Oxford, with my house full to the brim with old volumes, full of post it notes. However it appears you have beaten me to this goal already.

My parents have a beautiful library that I can borrow from, but cheap penguin paperback classics and paperback editions of more expensive books mostly line my walls. Australia has as good secondhand book trade. The internet seems to have massive gaps. I was painting a Roman bireme ( as you do) and I could not find any information at all as to colour, woodtype etc..however I was painting a rare German 39-45 tank (as you do) and the bloody man who captained it, has a web-blog sponsored by Tamiya Model company. The internet seems to reflect popular interest.