The Harlem Renaissance author spent her last years writing about the ancient king. Six decades after her death, her ...

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

The story of Bethlehem, shepherds, wise men, and a manger may have only emerged later as Christians tried to tie Jesus' story into an ancient Jewish prophecy. Instead, some experts suggest that Jesus ...

Some scholars argue that the emphasis on Bethlehem as Jesus's birthplace arose from the desire to link him to an ancient Hebrew prophecy. The prophet Micah predicted that the Messiah would be born ...

Orthodox Christians have gathered in Bethlehem this week, the city recognised as the birthplace of Jesus, to mark Christmas.

But have you heard of Bethlehem, Connecticut? It’s a favorite destination because of its Christmas connection. With approximately 3,400 residents, modest in size like its ancient namesake once ...

Ancient Bethlehem lies in the West Bank, in an area where the Israeli government bans its citizens from entering. To visit, you cross a checkpoint manned by Israel Defense Force soldiers pointing ...

Uneasy peace. It’s hard for me to envision something like this happening to Bethlehem, especially on Christmas in 2018, when I first set foot in the ancient town where time seemed to stand still. Amid ...

On Christmas morning, the bells of Bethlehem will still ring out across its ancient landscape. Whether or not the world hears their message depends on a global willingness to seek an end to the ...

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem ... often symbiotically. In “Ancient Christianities: The ...

Moreover, in the ancient world, comets were often regarded ... "You can't follow a star from Baghdad to Jerusalem to Bethlehem," Weintraub said. "Stars don't do that. They rise and set, and ...