Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago. Yet ...

Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago. Yet the New Testament Gospels do not agree about the details of Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem. Some do not ...

A bust of Emperor Herod the Great, who ruled during when Jesus lived. Getty Images. Jesus was likely born between 4 and 6 BC, at the tail end of Herod’s reign.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph flee to Egypt. “So the story is Jesus is born into hardship, lived under occupation, survived a massacre and became a refugee,” Isaac said. “This is a story we ...

Lots of Palestinians identify with Jesus as a refugee, he says, and reflect on the challenges he and his family “would have faced if they were around today, going from Nazareth to Bethlehem to ...

It might seem obvious that Jesus was born on December 25 in the town of Bethlehem, but experts say that this version of the story might not be correct.

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Business is bouncing back in Bethlehem after two years in the doldrums during the coronavirus pandemic, lifting spirits in the traditional birthplace of Jesus ahead ...

Some do not mention Bethlehem or Jesus’ birth at all. The Gospels’ different views mig. A doll representing the infant Jesus in St. Catherine's, the Franciscan church in the town of Bethlehem.

An Ethiopian woman and her child visit the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022.