Lifshits is a co-author with IAA archaeologist Nir-Shimshon Paran of the study in the latest issue of the IAA journal 'Atiqot ...

In the Gospel of Luke, Mary and Joseph travel through the national territory, from Nazareth in Jewish Galilee to Bethlehem in Jewish Judea. In Matthew’s Gospel, the travel is international.

Bethlehem, by Cornelis Bruijn, 1698. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, public domain One of the most notable portions of the Nativity story is when Joseph and Mary had to travel to Bethlehem because of the ...

headed to Bethlehem to pay what had been mandated by Caesar Augustus. The trip would take Mary and Joseph about a week to travel from Nazareth, and they probably made their way south along a route ...

According to Luke, Mary and Joseph start out in Nazareth but ... it wouldn't have made sense for a pregnant Mary to travel all the way to Bethlehem of Judea from their hometown of Nazareth.

In the story of the Nativity, Joseph and Mary have to travel to Bethlehem to be registered during a Roman census. This census is vitally important to the story, since it is the entire reason that ...

Credit: ITV News In the nativity, Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem to give birth to the baby Jesus. Sophia, who played Mary said: "This is really important as we got to see what it was really ...

The Christmas story One clue is in the Christmas story at the start of Matthew and Luke, where Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem. There is no mention of other children traveling with them. This is ...

Christmas, Religion, Christianity, winter, celebration, Star, Bethlehem, Nativity, nazareth stock illustrations My interpretation of the town where Jesus was born. High detailed Israel physical map ...