This means that Joseph has to go from Galilee south to Judea—from Nazareth to the root system of his family tree, Bethlehem—to register. Mary, in her very pregnant state, has to travel the rutted ...

According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary and Joseph travel to Bethlehem from Nazareth during Mary’s pregnancy in order to be enrolled in a census in Joseph’s ancestral home. The census had been ordered ...

In the Bible, Mary and Joseph travel ... in Bethlehem. There’s a built-in market,” she said. Dixon’s collecting of Nativities started shortly after seeing the Metropolitan Museum of Art ...

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.

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 ...

To encourage Spanish speakers to participate in the 2010 Census, the National Association of Latino Elected Officials has created a poster showing Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem to be ...