There are two famous Jordan Rivers in the world, one here and the other in Israel. If you're a history buff and/or a Jew, Christian or Muslim, the river that flows mostly north to south in the Middle ...

ALONG THE JORDAN RIVER (AP) — The Bible says Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River. The river’s eastern bank, modern-day Jordan, and its western one both house baptismal sites, where rituals ...

WEST JORDAN — Work is getting underway again to give the Jordan River ecosystem a boost. Various entities gathered at the Big Bend Restoration Area on Friday to celebrate the beginning of a new ...

Jordan–A pilgrim’s map will soon lay to rest any notion that the biblical Holy Land ends at the west bank of the Jordan River or at Israel’s eastern border. From Umm Qays in the north ...

Jesus was baptized in the River Jordan. Bible stories conjure up a wide, flowing river that cleanses and purifies. That’s the symbolism Amer Hafi, a religious professor, says Pope Benedict XVI ...

If Jesus were to plunge into the Jordan River today, he might well injure himself. The great biblical waterway is now little more than a shallow, unimposing trickle of sludge, a murky body of ...