2012 Israel Trip – Day Eleven
Well, the trip has quickly come to an end. Our flight was scheduled to leave around midnight on Friday night, so when we got up on Friday morning, we knew that it was going to be a very, very long day....
View ArticleA Day In The Lowlands
The lands of the Bible in this region has four longitudinal zones. There is the Coastal Plain, the Central Mountain Range, the Rift Valley and the Transjordan Plateau. However, there are a few smaller...
View ArticleGezer Mazevot
At the site of Gezer in the Shephelah, one cannot miss the beautiful limestone mazzeboth (standing stones), the tallest measuring around 12 feet high. These particular standing stones were likely...
View ArticleGezer
Gezer is a beautiful, soaring tell bordering both the hill country and the Shephelah. On one side, the Mediterranean can be seen sparkling in the sun, while movements through the hill country to the...
View ArticleYossi Garfinkel Podcast
Last fall, Florida College (with the help of Luke Chandler) arranged for archaeologist Yossi Garfinkel to speak in their Life Enrichment Series. The audio podcast of this event has recently been...
View ArticleMeresha Cistern
In the land of Israel, water is a precious commodity and there are three main sources: living water (springs and rivers), wells, and cisterns. Cisterns were especially common in the Shephelah, where...
View ArticleOne Year Ago – A Tour of the Lowlands
Looking northeast in the Sorek Valley. NOTE: I am continuing my series of retrospective posts on the our tour one year ago. I invite you to start at the beginning and read through all of them. A year...
View ArticleWhy Study Biblical Geography? Part II
In my last post, I discussed the first of three reasons why I study Biblical geography. In that post, I mentioned that the first reason was: I study Biblical Geography to better understand God’s...
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