Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago.

The reason that the Gospel writers seem so determined to have Jesus born in Bethlehem is found in an ancient Jewish prophecy. The Old Testament prophet Micah predicted that the Messiah would be ...

The prophet Micah predicted that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem of Judea, believed to be the city of King David. Professor Bond said that the tradition of Jesus being born in Bethlehem ...

In the Old Testament, the prophet Micah foretold, “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah ... weeks or months earlier – or later – Jesus would have been born elsewhere, thus negating the prophecy.

Christmas was canceled in Bethlehem, the occupied West Bank city where historians and Christians alike believe Jesus was born. Mayor Hanna Hanania proclaimed, “For the first time, the Christmas ...

"But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah ... "Written some 500 years before the birth of Christ, Micah tells us not only where the Messiah would be born, but that he would be of eternal, everlasting ...

Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago.