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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

And thanks to Micah’s prophesy that the messiah would be born in Bethlehem, Herod sends the trio to Bethlehem to search for Jesus. (Supposedly, Herod also ultimately kills the infants of ...

“So the story is Jesus is born into hardship, lived under occupation, survived a massacre and became a refugee,” Isaac said. “This is a story we Palestinians can understand.” Bethlehem is ...

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.

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. Yet the ...