Trees that produce resin for frankincense and myrrh – used for thousands of years in healthcare, worship and trade – are facing collapsing populations.
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A conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn is giving rise to speculations that it is the same astronomical event as the biblical Star of Bethlehem. An expert explains why it is not.
Recent archaeological studies suggest that early Christians were identifying important sites as little as a century after the last of the gospels.
The differences in the Gospels are hard to reconcile. That’s because, says a scholar, they offer an important insight into the Greco-Roman views of ethnic identity.
Bethlehem looms large in our minds with the approach of Christmas. But the reality for people living there now or tourists wishing to visit the ancient city remains deeply politically fraught.
Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel invites us to consider the value of tourism as a political tool.
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management/ Adjunct Associate Professor, University of South Australia
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Assistant Professor of the New Testament, Vanguard University
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Professor of Archaeology and History, University of Reading
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Ferrum College
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Lecturer in Plant Science, University College Cork
