Aviram Oshri, an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority, believes that Jesus was actually born in a small village called Bethlehem of Galilee, over 100 kilometers from Bethlehem of Judea.

Aviram Oshri, an archaeologist from the Israel Antiquities Authority, believes Jesus was actually born in a small village called Bethlehem of Galilee, over 60 miles (100km) from Bethlehem of Judea.

According to scholars, the story of Bethlehem, shepherds, wise men, and a manger could have emerged only later, when Christians tried to connect the story of Jesus with ancient Jewish prophecy.

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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 ...

And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the ...

According to the Gospel of Matthew, the Star of Bethlehem guided three Magi, or wise men, to Jerusalem over 2,000 years ago. After consulting with King Herod of Judea, the men followed the star to ...

If the trail of the real Jesus has gone cold in Bethlehem, it grows much warmer 65 miles north in Galilee, the rolling hill country of northern Israel. As the names “Jesus of Nazareth” and “ ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - From a giant Christmas tree to the decked-out halls of a historic hotel, there's not a better Santa scene than Bethlehem. "It's so festive, and people are around having a gay time ...