Courtesy Bill DandoLocations: The “Geography of the Holy Land” book features numerous maps, including cities, towns, villages and rural places mentioned in the gospels of biblical authors Matthew, ...

One of the major features of physical geography in the Holy Land is its diversity within a small region. Jerusalem is 2500 feet above sea level and has the walled city, which within its borders, has ...

A Christian pilgrim to the Holy Land is quickly impressed by the proximity of many holy sites associated with the life of Jesus. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher contains both the place of Christ's ...

Pope Francis has urged journalists in the Middle East to keep telling stories from the Holy Land, calling it the “Fifth Gospel.” “Making the Holy Land known means transmitting the ‘Fifth Gospel,’ that ...

All books featured in this new section are available from Middle East Books and More , the nation’s preeminent bookstore on the ­Middle East and U.S.

Jerusalem • It is Good Friday, and we are sitting outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City, the traditional site of Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, waiting for the noon service to ...

On Saturday, Oct. 7, Israel suddenly found itself in a state of war. A barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip and attacks by Hamas terrorists who infiltrated cities near the border resulted in the ...

(CBS News) The exodus from the Holy Land of Palestinian Christians could eventually leave holy cities like Jerusalem and Bethlehem without a local Christian population, Bob Simon reports. Why are they ...