A Gold Select Journey
The Holy Land, the Holy People
The Story
The Rev. Eric Huffman
14-23 January 2020
$3,452 from Houston
(other gateways are available, please call for more information)
A Survey of the Bible
including Israel and the West Bank
with contemporary studies
Plus
2 Day Elective
Explore Jerusalem
Returning 25 January 2020
This pilgrimage will acquaint participants with the
geographical and cultural settings of the Bible and relate historical studies
to contemporary dynamics in Israeland Palestine. The pilgrimage will include
morning and evening fora on historical and contemporary themes. You will visit
church supported mission sites. This pilgrimage is designed to introduce particpants
to the state of the art of biblical studies in the Holy Land. The learning
process will be contextual and experiential. We will endeavor especially to
examine the moral dimensions of biblical learning and teaching. We are particularly
interested in understanding how biblical studies and the biblical faith relates
to the context of the Holy Land.
Please click on the links to see the daily itinerary and registration details.
Daily
Itinerary
(tentative and subject to local circumstances)
individual preferences will be accomodated when possible
Day 1 Houston (other gateway cities are available).
Day 2 Arrive Tel Aviv, transfer to Taybeh, touring as time permits, Overnight in Taybeh.
Day 3 1st Century House/House of the Parables
(Matt 2: 23, Lk 2), Nablus/Shechem (Gen 33:18-19, John 4: 46-54), Jezreel
Valley, Kibbutz Mishmar ha Emek, Megiddo, (1 Kings 21), Overnight in Galilee.
Day 4 Nazareth (Lk. 4: 16-30), The Basilica of the Annunciation, Sisters of
Nazareth Convent (koch tombs-subject to confirmation), Sepphoris, (Wadi Hammam
overview—time permitting), Overnight in Galilee
Day 5 boat ride on the Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Tabgha, Church of St. Peter’s Primacy (John 21), Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves (Mk. 6:30-44), Mt. of the Beatitudes (Luke 13: 10-21, Matt 5- 7, 11: 20- 24, Mark 4- 6, John 21), Wadi Hammam footpath, Jordan River Valley, Overnight in Jericho
Day 6 Masada, Qumran, The Dead Sea, New
Testament Jericho/Herod's Winter Palace, (Joshua 5-7, Judges 1: 27- 36), Baptismal
site—Qasr al Yehud (Mk. 1:1-12; Mt. 3: 1-4:17; Lk. 3: 1-22; 4: 1-13;
Jn. 1: 1-42), Wadi Qelt
Overnight in Bethlehem
Day 7 Bethlehem, Old City walking tour,
Church of the
Nativity (Lk 2; Mt 2), Herodion, Shepherd’s Fields, Palestinian refugee
camp, Israeli settlement, Solomon’s Pools (time permitting), Overnight
in Bethlehem
Day 8 Mt. of Olives overview and orientation
to Jerusalem, Dominus Flevit, Garden of Gethsemane, Israel Museum, Shrine
of the Book, 2nd Temple Model, Overnight in Bethlehem
Day 9 Old city walking tour including the Western Wall, Temple Mount/Harem esh Sharif, St. Ann’s Church, Via Dolorosa, Lithostratos, Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Mt. 27-28; John 20), free time at your leisure, optional visit to the so-called Garden Tomb, Overnight in Bethlehem
Day 10 Transfer to Airport, departure and return to USA.
