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Bethlehem of Galilee (, ''Beit Lehem HaGlilit''; literally "the Galilean Bethlehem") is a town in northern Israel. Located in the Galilee near Kiryat Tivon, around 10 kilometres north-west of Nazareth and 30 kilometres east of Haifa, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2006, it had a population of 651. A former Templer colony, it is mentioned in the Book of Joshua () as the city of the Tribe of Zebulun. ==History== To distinguish the town from the city of Bethlehem near Jerusalem, it was originally known as Bethlehem of Zebulun, whilst the town near Jerusalem was called "Bethlehem of Judea." In the Jerusalem Talmud it is referred to as ''Beth Lehem Zoria'', as it was part of the kingdom of Tyre at the time. Until the late 19th century, ruins of a church and a synagogue could be seen there, and archaeological findings "from the early Roman Period"〔Negev and Gibson, 2001, p. 80〕 show, it was a prosperous city. So the biblical Bethlehem of Zebulon is "identified"〔 by archaeologists with today's Bethlehem of Galilee. Due to its proximity to Nazareth, some historians believe that this is the Bethlehem where Jesus was born. Aviram Oshri, a senior archaeologist with the Israeli Antiquities Authority, supports this claim,〔(Bethlehem ) National Geographic〕 although others at this institution reject it.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.inquisitr.com/1709847/israeli-archaeologist-says-jesus-christ-was-born-in-bethlehem-of-galilee/ )〕 Major building remains and pottery from the forth -fifth century Byzantine era have been found here.〔Dalali-Amos, 2011, (Bet Lehem Ha-Gelilit )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bethlehem of Galilee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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