Netflix's Biblical epic Mary reframes the story of Mary and the birth of Jesus through the lens of a coming-of-age story. The movie begins with Mary's mother and father being blessed by the angel ...

Traveling with him from Nazareth to Bethlehem for an imperial census, Mary gives birth to Jesus ... Later, Joseph hears in a dream to return home, for Herod is dead. Legends about Joseph grew ...

Both Matthew and Luke say Jesus was born in Bethlehem, but only Luke explains that Joseph and heavily pregnant Mary had to travel there from Nazareth to be present for a census ordered by Herod.

The stories of Jesus’ birth are stories of travel. In the Gospel of Luke, Mary and Joseph travel through the national territory, from Nazareth in Jewish Galilee to Bethlehem in Jewish Judea.

Among the many: Joseph’s selection to be Mary’s husband echoes ... On their return to Israel, the detailed glimpses of their life in Nazareth highlights the Holy Family’s interconnected ...

A new movie about the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, is sparking debate among viewers and religious scholars alike. “Mary,” a Biblical epic streaming now on Netflix, tells the story ...

In the New Testament, the Gospels tell the story of Jesus’ birth ... that in such a place as Nazareth, which had only a few hundred people, Mary would have known Joseph. In the tradition ...

This means that Joseph has to go from Galilee south to Judea—from Nazareth to the ... like Joseph and Mary. No one is spared. Luke doesn’t provide an exact history so much as create a picture of the ...

For, according to the Gospels, it is from its peak 397 meters (about 1,300 feet) above sea level that enraged townspeople threw Jesus of Nazareth ... home of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

For three days each December, travelers can retrace the route Joseph and Mary took 2,000 years ago to get from Nazareth to Bethlehem ... surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ.

Joseph is easy to overlook. None of his words were included in the Christian Bible. In Islam, the Quran omits him entirely, though it does include Jesus and Mary by name; in fact, it refers to Mary ...