census of Quirinius
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The <entity_2> was a <entity_5> of <entity_1> taken by <entity_0>, Roman governor of <entity_4>, upon the imposition of direct Roman rule in 6 CE. In 6 CE the <entity_3> deposed Herod Archelaus, who ruled the largest section of <entity_1> as a Roman client king, and converted his territory into the <entity_1>. <entity_0>, the newly-appointed legatus or governor of the province of <entity_4>, was assigned to carry out a tax <entity_5> of the new province. There are major difficulties in accepting Luke's account: the gospel links the birth of Jesus to the reign of Herod the Great, but the <entity_5> took place in 6 CE, nine years after Herod's death in 4 BCE; there was no single <entity_5> of the entire empire under Augustus; no Roman <entity_5> required people to travel from their own homes to those of distant ancestors; and the <entity_5> of <entity_1> would not have affected Joseph and his family, living in Galilee. Some conservative scholars have argued that Quirinius may have had an earlier and historically unattested term as governor of <entity_4>, or that he previously held other senior positions which may have led him to be involved in the affairs of <entity_1> during Herod's reign, or that the passage should be interpreted in some other fashion.
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