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'Bethlehem, Galilee' (Hebrew: בית לחם הגלילית Beit Lechem Haglilit) is a village in the Galilee first mentioned in Joshua 19:15 as the city of the Tribe of Zebulun. It is located approximately ten Kilometers northwest of Nazareth.
To distinguish Beit Lechem Haglilit from the city of Bethlehem (Hebrew: Beit Lechem) near Jerusalem, which is better known, the Galilean town was called Beit Lechem of Zebulun, and the one near Jerusalem was called Beth Lehem of Judea. It is believed that Bethlehem in Zebulun was the home town of the judge Ibzan.
Evidence shows that it was a Jewish settlement until some time after the fall of the Second Temple (destroyed c. 70 CE by the Romans). In the Jerusalem Talmud it is referred to as "Beth Lechem 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 its proximity to Nazareth, some historians claim that it may be the true place of birth of Jesus (Aviram Oshri, a senior archaeologist with the Israeli Antiquities Authority). The site featured the ruins of a church and a synagogue until the late 19th century, and was found to have archeological evidence of a prosperous city; many scholars place Beth Lechem of Galilee as one of the birth places of Rabbinical Judaism.
Beit Lechem Haglilit is a modern Jewish-Israeli village. The modern settlement was founded in 1906 by the Temple Society. In 1939, after the break of World War II, many of the settlers were deported by the British authorities to Australia on charges of aiding the enemy owing to the Templers' open support for the Third Reich, which included running a Nazi youth movement. On April 17 1947, forces of the Haganah captured the village and deported the last of the Templer 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 Templer architecture still survives at the site, and is reminiscent of the style of other Templer settlements around the country, such as Sarona in Tel-Aviv, and the German colonies (as they are called today) in Haifa and Jerusalem.
★ http://www.Bethlehem-of-Galilee.org
★ Israel Antiquity Authority
To distinguish Beit Lechem Haglilit from the city of Bethlehem (Hebrew: Beit Lechem) near Jerusalem, which is better known, the Galilean town was called Beit Lechem of Zebulun, and the one near Jerusalem was called Beth Lehem of Judea. It is believed that Bethlehem in Zebulun was the home town of the judge Ibzan.
Templer communal building in Beit Lechem Haglilit
Evidence shows that it was a Jewish settlement until some time after the fall of the Second Temple (destroyed c. 70 CE by the Romans). In the Jerusalem Talmud it is referred to as "Beth Lechem 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 its proximity to Nazareth, some historians claim that it may be the true place of birth of Jesus (Aviram Oshri, a senior archaeologist with the Israeli Antiquities Authority). The site featured the ruins of a church and a synagogue until the late 19th century, and was found to have archeological evidence of a prosperous city; many scholars place Beth Lechem of Galilee as one of the birth places of Rabbinical Judaism.
Beit Lechem Haglilit is a modern Jewish-Israeli village. The modern settlement was founded in 1906 by the Temple Society. In 1939, after the break of World War II, many of the settlers were deported by the British authorities to Australia on charges of aiding the enemy owing to the Templers' open support for the Third Reich, which included running a Nazi youth movement. On April 17 1947, forces of the Haganah captured the village and deported the last of the Templer 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 Templer architecture still survives at the site, and is reminiscent of the style of other Templer settlements around the country, such as Sarona in Tel-Aviv, and the German colonies (as they are called today) in Haifa and Jerusalem.
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★ http://www.Bethlehem-of-Galilee.org
★ Israel Antiquity Authority
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