The Gospel Trail: Walking in the footsteps of Jesus
JEREMY SHARON reported for the Jerusalem Post (11/30/2011 04:22): “Ministry of Tourism inaugurates pilgrimage route designed to increase Christian tourism. Minister of Tourism Stas Misezhnikov inaugurated on Tuesday the new Gospel Trail pilgrimage route which has been created by the Ministry of Tourism along with the Jewish National Fund. The trail, which cost NIS 3 million to develop over three …
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New Section of Herodian Period Tunnels Opened
Tom Powers wrote several articles that help to show the new tunnels that visitors can access from the City of David excavations of 2011. The access to the tunnels is now part of the tour from City of David, through “Area G” and Warren’s shaft, Hezekiah’s tunnel, the Siloam pool… and now the tunnel that brings you back to Robinson’s …
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Jerusalem, the Movie…
A friend just sent this link to us, and it looks like some great footage! Jerusalem | Filmed in Imax 3D from JerusalemTheMovie on Vimeo.
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The Website is now under all new construction!
Over the next two weeks, we will be cleaning up all the links, and adding several new and exciting features to help service our group leaders and individual passengers in a more timely and helpful way.
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New Burial Box with Caiaphas’ family name
From the AP Wire Service: JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli scholars have confirmed the authenticity of a 2,000-year-old burial box that appears to bear the name of a relative of the high priest Caiaphas mentioned in the New Testament, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Wednesday. The find offers support for the existence of the biblical Caiaphas, who appears in the New …
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Aramaic: the “little black dress” of ancient languages?
“Once you understand Aramaic,” says Karen Stern, “you can read anything. You can read Hebrew, you can read Phoenician. I always call it the little black dress of Semitic languages.” For this interesting article from NPR – LINK.
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Where Did Herod the Great Die?
Todd Bolen published an interesting article on the place of Herod the Great’s death at Caesarea. He wrote: “The death of Herod Agrippa I occurred in Caesarea according to both Josephus and the book of Acts. Josephus writes that the king was in the theater when the crowd hailed him as a god and he was struck down. Details in …
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Fun with the Israel Group!
What a great experience we are having with students from GCBI in Sebring,Florida as well as students from Dayspring Academy in Lancaster,PA. The group has been studying the Life of Jesus in beautiful weather, great hotels, and unbelievable sites!
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Gehenna and the popular myth of trash burning
Todd Bolen shared something that we often encounter on tour in Jerusalem, people who heard that the Hinnom valley was a trash dump. That is not a fact, and in fact appears to be a myth. The property value of the area was badly damaged when it became a high place to Topeth (Jeremiah 7 and 32). For the article …
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Archaeologists Battle in Elah Valley
Todd Bolen wrote an interesting article: “A feud between archaeologists in Israel today resembles the ancient struggle between David and Goliath. As with the battle of old, one combatant is from Jerusalem (Yosef Garfinkel of Hebrew University) and the other from the Philistine plain (Oded Lipschitz of Tel Aviv University). The skirmish is only the latest in an on-going conflict …
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