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

The star is mentioned twice, and the text implies the first sighting was at the time of Jesus's birth.

Moravian missionaries named the Pennsylvania city of Bethlehem after the biblical birthplace of Jesus on Christmas Eve in 1741 ...

Professor Helen Bond, a leading expert in Christian history at the ... that the emphasis on Bethlehem as Jesus's birthplace arose from the desire to link him to an ancient Hebrew prophecy.

Moreover, in the ancient world ... nor is it in history," Mathews said. "We may never know if the Star of Bethlehem was a conjunction, astrological event or a fable to advance Christianity.

After recounting a brief history of the Moravian Church ... who narrated the biblical story about the other Bethlehem. “We might wonder why setting up a putz and telling the story of Jesus ...

A church with a history dating back to the 19th century is closing and donating nearly 400000 from the sale of its building ...

“During the time of Christ’s birth, one of these stationary points occurred when Jupiter was directly overhead in Bethlehem for several nights, aligning with biblical accounts,” said Ki ...

After recounting a brief history of the Moravian Church ... who narrated the biblical story about the other Bethlehem. “We might wonder why setting up a putz and telling the story of Jesus ...

After recounting a brief history of the Moravian Church ... who narrated the biblical story about the other Bethlehem. "We might wonder why setting up a putz and telling the story of Jesus ...