With approximately 3,400 residents, modest in size like its ancient namesake once was, the rural town of Bethlehem has two places that connect beautifully to that miraculous event of the Nativity.

The town has been a major tourist destination for centuries. Visitors gaze in awe at the Church of the Nativity and sites honoring the ancient wonders. Did you know that Bethlehem is a mere 45 ...

This town, about six miles south of Jerusalem ... Gospel writers seem so determined to have Jesus born in Bethlehem is found in an ancient Jewish prophecy. The Old Testament prophet Micah ...

Bethlehem, where once-majority Christians now make up fewer than one-fifth of the town’s population of some ... At the Church of the Nativity, the ancient limestone basilica venerated by ...

The core of the old town, with its ramshackle souk and ... associated with Nabatean Arabs who built the ancient city of Petra across Bethlehem’s desert on the far side of the Dead Sea.