Jerusalem is holy to Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

As we start our week studying the history of Christianity, you are going to connect many pieces of information from Judaism's history to the birth of Christianity.  For example, Judaism believes in a Messiah but that He has not yet come.  Christianity believes the Messiah is Jesus, and some Jews who converted to Christianity during Roman rule believed Jesus was both the Jewish and Christian Messiah.

Check out this more modern image (Bethlehem Well, 1920-33), which looks like a traditional manger scene.

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