2. Bethlehem, distant view from southwest

3. Bethlehem, general view from southwest

4. Bethlehem from southwest

5. Caravan route to Bethlehem, suggestive of wise men

6. Bethlehem, camel rider approaching in twilight

7. Bethlehem, man on donkey

8. Bethlehem, Well of Magi

9. Bethlehem, well that David longed for

10. Bethlehem, Well of David

11. Bethlehem, country roadway near city

12. Mountain path to Bethlehem

13. Bethlehem, showing Church of Nativity

14. Bethlehem from southwest with camel

15. Bethlehem from south, man drawing water at well

16. Bethlehem with Herodium in distance

18. Bethlehem, general view

19. Bethlehem, Nativity Church, and Herodium from belfry

20. Bethlehem, Church of Nativity under snow

21. Vineyards and olive groves near Bethlehem

22. Bethlehem, Swedish hospital, Beit Jala in distance

23. Beit Jala

24. Olive groves near Bethlehem

25. Bethlehem, Rachel's Tomb

26. Bethlehem, Rachel's Tomb, on road near Bethlehem

27. Bethlehem, gate

28. Bethlehem marketplace

30. Bethlehem from Church of Nativity

31. Bethlehem well, animals being watered

32. Bethlehem, market in front of church at night

33. Bethlehem, Milk Grotto

34. Bethlehem street

35. Bethlehem, main street

36. Bethlehem, main street

37. Bethlehem, street in oldest part of town

38. Bethlehem, sunlit street of old homes

39. Threshing floor near Fields of Boaz, grain piles

40. Winnowing near Bethlehem, story of Ruth and Boaz

41. Bethlehem, Field of Boaz, sheep in harvested fields

42. Fields of Boaz, reaper in fields

43. Bethlehem Shepherds' Field and Herodium

44. Bethlehem Shepherds' Fields

45. Bethlehem Shepherds' Field, grotto

46. Shepherds' Fields, flock with Bethlehem in distance

47. Bethlehem, Christmas Day, shepherd with sheep

48. Bethlehem, shepherds and flocks in foreground

49. Bethlehem, shepherd with flock

50. Bethlehem from southwest with sheep

51. Bethlehem, shepherds with flock

52. Bethlehem, home in oldest part of town

53. Bethlehem, courtyard of old home

54. Bethlehem, home partly in cave

55. Bethlehem, parents and baby

56. Native home near Bethlehem

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