"Ann Weems in: Kneeling in Bethlehem, Westminster John Knox Press, 2004, p. 19"
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Bethlehem (Arabic: بيت لحم Bayt Laḥm (help•info) "House of Meat" Bēt Laḥm,lit. "House of Bread"; Hebrew: בֵּית לֶחֶם Bēṯ Leḥem, Modern: Bet Leḥem [bet ˈleχem], lit. "House of Bread"; Ancient Greek: Βηθλεέμ [bɛːtʰle.ém]) is a Palestinian city located in the central West Bank, about 10 kilometers south of Jerusalem. It is thought the original name was Beit Lachama, from the Canaanite god Lachama. The earliest mention of the city is in the Amarna correspondence, 1350-1330 BCE, as "Bit-Lahmi". The
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