BETHLEHEM'S OLDEST PHOTOS

"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,

least among the clans of Judah,

from you will come out to Me One to be ruler in Israel,

One whose goings forth are from of old,

from days of eternity."

- Micah 5

Around the time photography was invented, the first photographic artists journeyed to the Holy Land to capture the place where the Bible took place. Until that time, most readers of the Bible could only imagine what Israel looked like. That began to change about 161 years ago.


The earliest images of Jerusalem, the Galilee and Bethlehem were reprinted around the world, and Followers of Jesus marveled at what they saw. Enjoy these images — some of the earliest ever captured — of the place where Yeshua was born.

Church of Nativity, Bethlehem - 1860

Shepherds' Fields, east of Bethlehem - 1898

City of Bethlehem - 1898

Rachel's Tomb, Bethlehem in Distance - 1898

Gate of Bethlehem - 1898

Christmas Day - 1898

The Church of the Nativity - 1898

The Manger - 1913

Shepherds at Night with Bethlehem in the Distance - 1920

Evening on the Road to Bethlehem. Camel-rider at Twilight - 1925

Aerial of Bethlehem from the North East showing Terraced Hillside - 1931

And when the angels departed from them into the heavens, the shepherds were saying to one another, ‘Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened which the LORD has made known to us!’ So they hurried off and found Miriam and Joseph, and the Baby lying in the manger.

- Luke 2


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