With Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass. A drama that focuses on the period in Mary and Joseph's life where they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus. This new depiction of the Nativity story recounts in beautiful detail the sacred events found in the Bible about Jesus's birth over 2,000 years ago. The Nativity Story. Directed by John Foss. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke. She was engaged to be married to Joseph, a carpenter. You can read more in-depth Bible verses from the Scripture below and use the articles and videos to understand the meaning of this world-changing event in the Bible. Angel Gabriel appears: Mary and the Angel. About two thousand years ago, in the town of Nazareth, there lived a young woman named Mary. Almost 2,000 years ago a young woman from the town of Nazareth named Mary was visited by an angel named Gabriel. With Brooklyn McDaris, Jake Sidney Cohen, Christian Anastacio, Ana Bausset. This is a summary of the Biblical account of the birth of Jesus. The nativity of Jesus, nativity of Christ, birth of Christ or birth of Jesus is described in the Biblical gospels of Luke and Matthew.The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, his mother Mary was betrothed to a man named Joseph, who was descended from King David and was not his biological father, and that his birth was caused by divine intervention.