Families of Israeli captives held in Gaza have intensified their criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid ...

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 53,901 Palestinians and wounded 122,593, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The ...

The gold ring with a red garnet is going to be a big help in understanding the largely unknown Hellenistic period in ...

Across the Levant in the 15th century B.C., cities were rising up against freshly-installed pharaoh Thutmose III. It would be ...

At its core is the belief that Israel is not only a strategic ... the living stones — not just the ancient ones. When Kirk says he doesn’t feel safe in Bethlehem, it isn’t a commentary ...

Bethlehem, by Cornelis Bruijn ... counting all those who can serve in the army in Israel.” As we can see from this, the ancient Jews registered the population “by their paternal houses.” Although this ...

Aviram Oshri, an archaeologist with the Israel ... from Bethlehem of Judea. After spending over a decade excavating in the Galilee region, Oshri found evidence suggesting that the ancient village ...

But some such as Aviram Oshri, an archaeologist from the Israel Antiquities Authority, who spent more than 10 years excavating an ancient site, believes Jesus was born in a small village called ...

To understand the Star of Bethlehem, we need to think like the three wise men. Motivated by this “star in the east,” they first traveled to Jerusalem and told King Herod the prophecy that a new ruler ...

O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one of the little clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days.” After Jesus’ birth — ...

Bethlehem's Manger Square in front of the Church of the Nativity is largely deserted and souvenir shops are shuttered. Once again, there are no plans to put up the traditional light-festooned ...