A well known apparent error in the Bible that skeptics have often pointed out is the issue of the historicity of Luke's record of a census while Quirinius was governor of Syria (Luke 2:1-2).
The following are some links to resources that will help Christians deal with the problem.
The Census of Quirinius
https://youtu.be/VclDxog95Ck
https://youtu.be/VclDxog95Ck
Did Luke Misdate the Census of Quirinius?
https://youtu.be/wVR0jXxJDn0
Some Triablogue links:
Luke's Census by Jason Engwer (all six parts)
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2008/12/lukes-census.html
Is Luke's Census Historical? by Jason Engwer
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2010/08/is-lukes-census-historical.html
Resources On Luke's Census by Jason Engwer
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2012/12/resources-on-lukes-census.html
Richard Bauckham On The Historicity Of Luke's Census And Luke 2:22-24 by Jason Engwer
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2013/11/richard-bauckham-on-historicity-of.html
Luke's Census Didn't Involve Ancestry by Jason Engwer
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2014/12/lukes-census-didnt-involve-ancestry.html
Jared Compton On Luke's Census by Jason Engwer
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2009/11/jared-compton-on-lukes-census.html
Out of our census by Jason Engwer
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2010/02/out-of-our-census.html
Paul Tobin Vs. Richard Carrier On Luke's Census by Jason Engwer
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2010/08/paul-tobin-vs-richard-carrier-on-lukes.html
Recent Apologetics on the Nativity
http://christiancadre.blogspot.com/2007/12/recent-apologetics-on-nativity.html
The liberal tug-of-war by Steve Hays
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2006/06/liberal-tug-of-war.html
Quirinius and the gunfight at O.K. Corral by Steve Hays
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2014/06/quirinius-and-gunfight-at-ok-corral.html
The hidden contradictions of Ehrman by Steve Hays
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2009/03/hidden-contradictions-of-ehrman.html
The lowdown on the census of Quirinius
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-lowdown-on-census-of-quirinius.html
Understanding And Arguing For Luke's Census Account
https://triablogue.blogspot.com/2017/12/understanding-and-arguing-for-lukes.html
There are more resources at Triablogue, but the above are a sample.
Recommendations on doing a website search.
Other links:
Once More: Quirinius's Census by Jared M. Compton
http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2009/11/01/Once-More-Quiriniuss-Census.aspx
On Quirinius' Census by Darrell Bock
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWm0O93unDY&feature=related
Josephus Misdated the Census of Quirinius by John H. Rhoads
http://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/54/54-1/JETS_54-1_65-87_Rhoads.pdf
Luke, Quirinius, and the Census by Dave Miller, Ph.D.
http://www.apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=6&article=907&utm_source=buffer&buffer_share=05f5f
Luke 2:2 and the Census by Stephen C. Carlson
http://hypotyposeis.org/weblog/2004/12/luke-22-and-the-census.html
A “most prominent” census: Carlson vs. Carrier
Luke, Quirinius, and the Census
http://apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=6&article=907
Unbelievable? Is Luke’s Description of Quirinius Historically Inaccurate?
http://coldcasechristianity.com/2017/unbelievable-is-lukes-description-of-quirinius-historically-inaccurate/
Controversial researcher Ernest L. Martin addressed the census in his book The Star of Bethlehem: The Star That Astonished the World.
Here's a link to Chapter 12
While I'm no longer a Roman Catholic, Catholic apologist Robert Sungenis wrote:
If it's true that Josephus had two different dates for the death of Herod, then it would be a matter of fact that Josephus got it wrong at least once. Which also means Josephus could have gotten it wrong twice. Conversely, this also means that Luke could have gotten it right. In which case, skeptics put too much weight on this apparent Biblical error whenever they argue against Biblical Inerrancy. Unfortunately, Sungenis didn't give any more information in his reference to the work of Hugues de Nanteuil."Thanks to the work of Hugues de Nanteuil, we have found that the modern critics are wrong. Little known (or advertised by modern scholars) is that Josephus had two different dates for the death of Herod, and the interpretation of the source containing 4 B.C. is highly debatable. In Herod’s [sic] other work, he says Herod died in 7 or 8 BC."
Michael Heiser lists some recent scholarly reasons why Herod may have died 1 BCE in an article here: http://drmsh.com/september-11-happy-birthday-to-jesus/
Heiser's two main sources in defense of a 1 BCE death of Herod are:
1. Herodian Chronology by Ormond Edwards,
from the Palestine Exploration Quarterly, volume 114, 1982 - Issue 1
2. When Did Herod the Great Reign? by Andrew E. Steinmann,
from Novum Testamentum 51 (2009) 1-29
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