In fact, the Jewish Bible claimed that the Messiah would be born in the town of Bethlehem. Drawing a link between this Messiah and King David, Micah 5:2 declares: “But you, O Bethlehem of ...

Christians who believe in a divine Son of God Messiah, do not draw a distinction between the Hebrew Bible’s eschatological hopes for God’s glorious future age of world wide peace and justice, and an ...

The well-known chorus, “For unto Us a Child Is Born,” for example, is a reworking of an Italian duet, “Nò, di voi non vo’ fidarmi,” that Handel had composed just a few months earlier.