Bethlehem, Galilee is a city of the Zebulun, mentioned first in Joshua 19:15. It is located about ten kilometres west-north-west of Nazareth. Galilee (Hebrew hagalil הגליל, Arabic al-jaleel الجليل), meaning circuit, is a large area overlapping with much of the North District of Israel. ... This entry incorporates text from Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation. ... Nazareth (Arabic الناصرة an-Nāṣirah; Hebrew נָצְרַת, Standard Hebrew Náẓərat, Tiberian Hebrew Nāṣəraṯ) is an ancient town in northern Israel. ...

At first it was simply named "Beth Lehem", which confused it with the Bethlehem near Jerusalem, which is much better known today. To solve this problem some scripts refer to the two as "Beth Lehem of the Judea (tribe) territory" and "Beth Lehem of the Zebulun territory". The Church of the Nativity, a Bethlehem Landmark Bethlehem (Arabic بيت لحم Bayt Laḥm [▶] house of meat; Standard Hebrew בית לחם house of bread, Bet léḥem / Bet láḥem; Tiberian Hebrew Bêṯ léḥem / Bêṯ lāḥem) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank and a hub of Palestinian cultural and... Jerusalem and the Old City. ...

Evidence shows that it was a Jewish settlement until some time after the fall of the Second Temple (destroyed c. 70 AD by the Romans). In the Jerusalem Talmud it is referred to as "Beth Lehem Zoria", as it was part of the kingdom of Tyre at the time. During the crusades, a small Christian settlement existed on the site, but was later abandoned. Because of the history of the place, and the proximity to Nazareth, many historians claim that it may actually be the true place of birth of Jesus. The site featured the ruins of a church and a synagogue until the late nineteenth century, and was found to have archeological evidence of a prosperous city; many scholars place Beth Lehem of Galilee as one of the birth places of Rabbinical Judaism — it is by all accounts a logical place for a spiritual leader with a small group of followers to develop his doctrines. The distance from Nazareth also settles the problem of Jesus crossing the distance between the two cities in six hours according to the New Testament. Drawing of Herod the Greats Second Temple in Jerusalem A stone (2. ... The Jerusalem Talmud (In Hebrew Talmud Yerushalmi, in short known as the Yerushalmi), also known as the Palestinian Talmud, (not related to current Palestinian issues at all!), was written in the Land of Israel at the same time of the writing of the the Babylonian Talmud, (which is known as... For a wheel tyre, see the article under the US English spelling of the word, tire. ... This article is about the medieval Crusades . ... As a noun, Christian is an appellation and moniker deriving from the appellation Christ, which many people associate exclusively with Jesus of Nazareth. ... Jesus, also known as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus Christ, is the central figure of Christianity, most of the adherents of which worship him as the Messiah, son of God, and God incarnate. ... A church building (or simply church) is a building used in Christian worship. ... A synagogue or synagog (from Greek συναγωγη, transliterated sunagoge, place of assembly literally meeting, assembly) is a Jewish house of prayer and study. ... The New Testament, sometimes called the Greek Testament or Greek Scriptures is the name given to the part of the Christian Bible that was written after the birth of Jesus. ...

Bet Ha'Am of Bethlehem is a fine example of Templar architecture

Beit Lehem Ha-Gelilit is a modern Jewish-Israeli village. The modern settlement was founded in 1906 by the Temple Society. The Templars lived there in a culturally rich community that also ran a Nazi youth movement. In 1939, after the break of World War II, many of the settlers were deported by the British authorities to Australia under charges of aiding the enemy owing to the Templars' open support of the third Reich. On April 17, 1947, forces of the Haganah captured the village and deported the last of the Templar settlers to Australia as well. With the evacuation of the German settlers, the place was now occupied by Israeli farmers, who turned it into a popular tourist site in the 1990s, and the village today features many craft shops, village attractions for city folks, holiday accommodation, a museum dedicated to the history of the site, galleries, and cafes. Much of the original Templar architecture still survives at the site, and is reminiscent of the style of other Templar settlements around the country, such as Sarona (pronounced Sharona) in Tel-Aviv, and the German colonies (as they are called today) in Haifa and Jerusalem. Download high resolution version (900x600, 176 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (900x600, 176 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Templers. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ... A Youth organization is a formal organization aimed at children and adolescents for education and socialization. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... Map of the territory under the British Mandate of Palestine. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Haganah (Hebrew: Defense, ×”×’× ×”) was a Jewish paramilitary organization in Palestine during the British mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining a similar mindset. ... Tel-Aviv Coat of arms Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jerusalem and the Old City. ...

Bethlehem of Galilee and the birth place of Jesus

Israeli archeologist Aviram Oshri of the Israel Antiquity Authority, who has excavated and mapped the site, found solid evidence of a flourishing Jewish community at the site well before 1 C.E, and a wall built around the settlement later (though neighbouring Jewish towns never built one). To some archeologists this is a sign of a separatist cult community of some sort, which probably feared the religious wrath of their neighbours rather than more enemies. // Events The first full year in the life of Jesus as assigned by Dionysius Exiguus in his Anno Domini era. ...

In comparison, the Bethlehem area south of Jerusalem has never produced any archeological evidence of a town existing around 1 C.E., until the first Byzantine town in that area some time in the 3rd century. The Judean Bethlehem location was the preferred birthplace of Christ, backing up his lineage to King David. The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centred at its capital in Constantinople. ... // Events The Sassanid dynasty of Persia launches a war to reconquer lost lands in the Roman east. ... Christ is the English representation of the Greek word Χριστός (transliterated as Khristós), which means anointed and in Latin Iesus. ... Lineage refers to: kinship and descent, a concept of cultural anthropology used to track kinship and descent. ... This page is about the Biblical king David. ...

External Links

• http://www.Bethlehem-of-Galilee.org