Historical place profile
Bethlehem
Bethlehem belongs to Davidic memory and to the Gospel account of the Nativity. The historical settlement, scriptural theology, later basilica and pilgrimage tradition must be distinguished while remaining connected.
Historical layers
- Judahite settlement and Davidic memory
- Gospel Nativity
- Constantinian basilica and late-antique pilgrimage
- Medieval and modern Christian custodianship
Church-history significance
Matthew 2 and Luke 2 place the Nativity at Bethlehem. Later building history and pilgrimage evidence document reception and cult without replacing the Gospel witness.
Primary and geographic sources
- Pleiades place 687856
- Micah 5; Matthew 2; Luke 2
- Late-antique pilgrimage and Church of the Nativity records
Map semantics
The coordinate at 31.7049, 35.2038 is a representative_point_not_boundary. It anchors the place for research and does not assert one unchanging urban, political or ecclesiastical boundary across all periods.
Catalogue record
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:687856
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:687856
- Place type
- settlement, sacred place
- Precision
- representative
- Provenance
- Pleiades 687856 and related Church of the Nativity records