Antonio Banderas told Newsweek how the film "Journey to Bethlehem" offers a fresh take on the Bible story by incorporating ... and if you stop to analyze the words of Jesus, there is that ...

Professor Bond says that although Jesus was very likely to have been born in Nazareth, the fact that the Bible focuses on Bethlehem is just as important to know. She concludes: 'It's better I ...

(RNS) — In Advent of last year, a Nativity scene at the Vatican briefly showed the baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh, along ...

The Bible mentions the wise men - or 'magi ... Almost 1,000 years before Jesus, Bethlehem was the city of King David. Today, the site in Bethlehem is part of a large religious complex.

Observing the Bible’s commandments and ... Mary had given birth to Jesus in Bethlehem, marking what would be celebrated for thousands of years to come as Christmas. Travelers to the West ...

National Geographic explores notable biblical figures in our ongoing series People in the Bible, as part of our coverage of the history of the Bible and the search for sacred texts. Many Christmas ...

“Let’s be clear. The Pope can’t rewrite the Bible - Jesus was a Jew from Judea, not a Palestinian. He was born to a Jewish mother in Bethlehem, in Judea – there was no Palestine," Cardoza ...

So, were Jesus and his parents Palestinian? Bethlehem is now a city located in ... according to the Bible. For their part, the Arabs of Palestine began to use the term “Palestinian” to assert ...

Hus believed congregants in his church should listen to Mass and read the Bible in ... sang the hymn “Jesus Call Thou Me.” Its lyrics say: “Not Jerusalem — lowly Bethlehem 'twas that ...

But was this truly where Jesus was born? The Bible is the primary source supporting Bethlehem of Judea as Jesus’ birthplace. Dr. Clyde Billington, a biblical scholar and executive director of ...