Bethlehem in Galilee
Not to be confused with Bethlehem in Judah.
The village of Abel the Good named.
Inhabitants or natives[edit | edit source]
Abel the teenager Unjustly accused, Myrtha (Mirta), his mother desired, Aser the murderer greedy repentant, Joel and his servant, Jacob the notable murderer and adulterer.
Key events[edit | edit source]
The apostolic group falls into a drama: a young man is about to be stoned. Jesus confuses the real murderers and strikes them with sudden leprosy[1].
His name[edit | edit source]
Bethlehem in Galilee, Beit Lechem; Haglilit, בֵּית לֶחֶם הַגְּלִילִית (Beit Lehem HaGlilit)[2]
Bethlehem means "the house of bread." Today Beit-Lahm or Beit Lehem is 11 km northwest of Nazareth.
Where is it mentioned in the work?[edit | edit source]
EMV 248
EMV 441
EMV 566 EMV 574
Learn more about this place[edit | edit source]
The sole glory of this village is to be the Homeland of a minor judge of Israel: Ibzan the prolific:"After Jephthah, it was Ibzan of Bethlehem who became the leader of the Israelites. He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He gave his daughters in marriage outside his tribe and brought women from other tribes for his sons. He led the people of Israel for seven years, then he died and was buried in Bethlehem."[3][4] Jesus goes to the city of Judge Ibzan in the middle of the second year of his public life. There he saves Abel, a young man unjustly accused and about to be stoned. The notables would refuse him judgment: "You are not from here. You are neither priest nor judge. You are nothing. You are the stranger." But Jesus silences them: "Yes, I am the Stranger because the Earth is not my Kingdom. But I am Judge and Priest. Not only of this small portion of Israel, but of all Israel and the whole world." [5]. Abel will become a disciple and will receive the name Ananias[6].
Locality of the tribe of Zebulun, located 11/12 km northwest of Nazareth as the crow flies, but 16/17 km going around the hills via Mérala and Séméron, following the route traveled by Jesus in the work: "through Japhia and Shimron, we will go to Bethlehem in Galilee" (...) "we will stop on the mountain overlooking Mérala"[7]. Archaeological traces prove that the village was still occupied for some time after the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70.
Explore[edit | edit source]
• 32° 44’ 09’’ N / 35° 11’ 33’’ E
• +180m
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
- ↑ EMV 248.
- ↑ Hebrew alphabet on croixsens.net.
- ↑ Judges 12:8-10
- ↑ Article partially written based on the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel, J.-F. LAVÈRE.
- ↑ EMV 248.5
- ↑ Ac 9:10-19
- ↑ EMV 248.8