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

Professor Helen Bond, a leading expert on Christian history at the University ... seem so determined to have Jesus born in Bethlehem is found in an ancient Jewish prophecy. The Old Testament ...

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

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.

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

Hordes of tourists and pilgrims are a common sight outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian West Bank, along with costumed Santas and marching bands. This year, however ...

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 ...

“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 ...