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\*Includes pictures \*Includes accounts about the two sites \*Includes a bibliography for further reading \*Includes a table of contents Bethlehem is amongst the oldest cities in the world, one that has been conquered and ruled by Caananites, Jews, Romans, Arabs, Crusaders, the Mamluks of Egypt, and the Ottomans. In the last century alone, it has been controlled by various different parties. The British took Bethlehem during World War I and controlled the city from 1920-1948, and in the wake of the 1948 war between Israel and its neighbors, Jordan annexed Bethlehem and controlled it until the Six Day War in 1967. It was during the Six Day War that Israel took control of Bethlehem, remaining in power over the city until 1995, when, in compliance with the Oslo Peace Accords, control of the city and of the surrounding West Bank was handed over to the Palestinian National Authority. The Palestinians continue to administer affairs in Bethlehem to the present day. What was it that caused this one small, unassuming settlement to be the focus of so much attention and strife? The primary reason that Bethlehem is so famous today is the Biblical passages that relate the town as the birthplace

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Author

Charles River Editors

Publisher

John Benjamins Publishing Co

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780312266585

Category

history

Subjects

Linguistics, Christian, Language Learning

Rating

3.57 / 5 (35 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14