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-*SCHOLARLY AND FICTIONAL WORKS: see [[:Category:Bethlehem (subject)]]
+#REDIRECT [[:Category:Bethlehem (subject)]]
-*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Bethlehem (sources)]]
-'''Bethlehem''' (modern ''Bethlehem'', West Bank) was a village in [[Judea]].
-==Overview==
-Bethlehem was a small village in Judea near [[Jerusalem]].
-For theological reasons (as it was believed that the Messiah Son of David would come from Bethlehem), the Gospels of Matthew and Luke made Bethlehem the birthplace of [[Jesus of Nazareth]].
-During the Bar-Kokhba revolt, Bethlehem was occupied by the Romans and its Jewish occupants expelled.
-==Bethlehem in ancient sources==
-*See [[Bethlehem (sources)]]
-==Bethlehem in scholarship==
-==Bethlehem in fiction==
-==External links==
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem Wikipedia] / [ BiblePlaces.com]
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