Judea

Mar Sabas Monastery

Lying nine miles east of Bethlehem in the dramatic Judean desert is one of the world�s oldest monasteries. A devoted Christian called Sabas left for Palestine when he was 18 and joined the monks. He soon...

Jaffa

"we will cut all the logs from Lebanon that you need and will float them in rafts by sea down to Joppa. You can then take them up to Jerusalem."   �And now send men to...

Bethlehem

So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel's tomb." (Gen. 35,16-19) "And Joseph...

Judea

South of the Galilee and central Israel lies the old kingdom of Judea. This area is the birthplace of Joseph of the house of David. When Joseph had to return to Bethlehem for a tax census,...

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