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Photo by Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, USSR

ON THE COVER: A loving infant Jesus caresses his mother’s face as he gazes intently at her. This Byzantine icon from Constantinople (modern Istanbul) dates to the first half of the 12th century. In “Can Scholars Take the Virgin Birth of Jesus Seriously?” J. Edward Barrett reviews the textual, philosophical and theological arguments for the virgin birth and uses modern scholarship to evaluate their origins.