Careful interpretation is needed. These slides discuss some of the issues involved. For instance, both Matthew and Luke date Jesus’ birth toward the end of the reign of King Herod the Great, who we ...

Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some ...

The Journey is a 90-minute immersive experience that takes travelers back to the ancient times of the Middle East for the ...

the anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ. The mystery of that great day had every right to the honor of being prepared for by prayer and works of penance; and, in fact, it is impossible to ...

Visit the homepage for more information. As we ponder the Birth of Jesus, we are faced with some noteworthy differences between Luke and Matthew. In Matthew’s Gospel Joseph is the active and central ...

For there is born to you this day in the city of ... The Feast of the Nativity of Jesus is one of the most joyful days of the Orthodox Church. It ranks next to the greatest holiday, the Resurrection ...

At the beginning of the summer of 1968 a team of archaeologists under the direction of V. Tzaferis discovered four cave-tombs at Giv'at ha-Mivtar (Ras el-Masaref), which is just north of Jerusalem ...

The Old Testament contains a variety of books divided into different categories such as law or history ... How does this relate to the birth of Jesus? Fast forward a few hundred years to the ...