Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some ...

As Christmas approaches, carolers and nativity scenes around the world celebrate the age-old story of Jesus' birth in ...

But some such as Aviram Oshri, an archaeologist from the Israel Antiquities Authority, who spent more than 10 years ...

Scholars question if Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, citing historical gaps, alternate theories like Nazareth, and ...

It is supposed to be a celebration of the birth of Jesus ... Bethlehem this late in her pregnancy?" Well, we know that God is a stickler for detail. Scripture had said the Messiah would be born ...

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to war in Gaza.

For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to ongoing war in ...

WHEN Jesus of Nazareth was born in Bethlehem more than two thousand years ago, it was a miracle that he and his mother survived. It was not a happy birth. Saint Luke tells us that it was an awful ...

but thankfully there have been individuals throughout history who ask themselves and the world: what would Jesus do? What would Jesus—the baby born in Bethlehem ... time he was old enough ...

With no Christmas tree or decorations adorning the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, holiday cheer was absent in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city ... was born more ...

The Old Testament prophet Micah predicted that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem of Judea, believed to be the city of King David. If Jesus was going to be the Jewish Messiah, then he needed ...

Worshippers pray in the Church of the Nativity, where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born, ahead of Christmas in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. Credit: AP/Mahmoud ...