Bethlehem
Bethlehem (Hebrew Beit Lechem), a town in the Judean Hills south of Jerusalem, is associated in the Torah with the matriarch Rachel, who according to the biblical account died in childbirth and was buried on the road to Bethlehem; Rachel's Tomb there has long been a site of Jewish pilgrimage. The town is also the setting of the Book of Ruth and the home of King David.
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Works composed here
- 420
Against Jovinianus
by Jerome
- 420
Against Vigilantius
by Jerome
- 420
Against the Pelagians
by Jerome
- 420
Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious Men
by Jerome
- 420
The Dialogue Against the Luciferians
by Jerome
- 420
The Letters of St. Jerome
by Jerome
- 420
The Life of Malchus, the Captive Monk
by Jerome
- 420
The Life of Paulus the First Hermit
by Jerome
- 420
The Life of S. Hilarion
by Jerome
- 420
The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary
by Jerome
- 420
To Pammachius against John of Jerusalem
by Jerome
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