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Terra Sancta Museum: knowing one's own history in order to invest in the future
The project of the first museum on the roots of Christianity will be officially presented in Milan ... with the Custos of the Holy [...]
Publish Date: 2013-05-16
A quilt for peace
"Seventy-two Jewish, Muslim and Christian women. From their work, during the second Intifada, they created a quilt, a symbol of unity and peace, exhibited [...]
Publish Date: 2013-04-29
Reflections on faith, the SBF biblical-theological course
The 38th edition of the biblical-theological proposed by the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum. Lectures and excursions in the light of the Apostolic Letter Porta Fidei
Publish Date: 2013-04-04
Telling the story of the roots of Christianity: the Terra Sancta Museum
Three museums in two exhibitions ... In the heart of the Old City of Jerusalem are about to begin work on the Terra Sancta [...]
Publish Date: 2013-03-13
Investing in history…culture at the project center of the Custody
The new sites of the Library and Archives of the Custody of the Holy Land unveiled. New areas but especially new projects regarding recovery [...]
Publish Date: 2013-03-01
King Herod exhibit
A heartless and cruel king but not only that: an exhibit at the Israel Museum celebrates Herod as a great builder of magnificent edifices. [...]
Publish Date: 2013-02-19
King Solomon’s medals
King Solomon in the act of subduing a demon ... a common icon in the early years of Christianity witnessed by a number of [...]
Publish Date: 2013-02-05
Jesus’ presentation in Jerusalem
February 2nd is the feast of Jesus’ Presentation in the Temple. The stairs leading up to the Temple that Mary and Joseph went up [...]
Publish Date: 2013-01-30
IV century inscription brought back to life
A IV century funeral inscription with deep Christian meaning…restored and studied, one of many valuable items conserved at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum of Jerusalem. [...]
Publish Date: 2013-01-17
the grotto of Conon or the grotto of Valeria?
Important outcomes to the restoration of the cave of Conon, in Nazareth, adjacent to the grotto of the Annunciation ... Father Eugenio Alliata [...]
Publish Date: 2013-01-10
Nativity scenes from around the world, Bethlehem’s message
"Jesus wanted to fit in with all people, in every nation." Bethlehem’s message is reinterpreted according to the traditions of the world ... and [...]
Publish Date: 2012-12-18
The precise place of Jesus' birth
We are faced with a literary, historical, devotional proof with absolute certainty ...". Father Claudio Bottini explains why the Basilica of Bethlehem is the [...]
Publish Date: 2012-12-15
On Jerusalem’s walls
The Holy City viewed from above ... a path that winds over the ancient walls of the Old City and that captures another image [...]
Publish Date: 2012-12-03
Start of the school year at the Studium Biblicum
The school year at the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum began this year with an official inaugural lecture by Professor José Manuel Sánchez Caro of the [...]
Publish Date: 2012-11-12