An Odyssey of a City: The Story of Bethlehem City, Palestine Past and Present (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798901760468)

Bethlehem as an ancient city has been observed in different periods of time/ It is still a focus today of modern development. There is a gross misconception that Bethlehem is a touristic city and as such should be always viewed in this context.

The book has adopted two main levels of research: the historical and the social-economic one.

The purpose of the historic study is to shed light in a way that critical moments and in time, and lessons learned from historic development can be very beneficial to a new way of thinking for future development.

The beginnings of a city such as Bethlehem are an ancient history study. Studying the development of historic power change and examining the wars and history of changing authorities in the region where Bethlehem is, could provide novel ways of reading history, particularly if this is combined with data and information regarding socio-economic, cultural, religious development, military and ethnicity.