Having enjoyed episodes 2-10 of the BBC podcast presented by Jonny Dymond (“How did we get here?") on the historical background to the conflicts in Israel-Palestine, I look at the claims in episode 1 (featuring Simon Sebag Montefiore and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones) that the Bible is not a trusted historical source.
This blog post is part of a series jotting through my trip to Israel in June 2019. For contents page for the posts see the Introductory Post. If I've reported something incorrectly, please let me know via post comments (below) or my contact page. All photographs are Copyright © James Oakley, June 2019, unless indicated otherwise.
To round off, a few simple travel tips for those planning to visit Israel themselves.
This blog post is part of a series jotting through my trip to Israel in June 2019. For contents page for the posts see the Introductory Post. If I've reported something incorrectly, please let me know via post comments (below) or my contact page. All photographs are Copyright © James Oakley, June 2019, unless indicated otherwise.
I'm nearly done with Israel. But not quite.
This blog post is part of a series jotting through my trip to Israel in June 2019. For contents page for the posts see the Introductory Post. If I've reported something incorrectly, please let me know via post comments (below) or my contact page. All photographs are Copyright © James Oakley, June 2019, unless indicated otherwise.
This blog post is part of a series jotting through my trip to Israel in June 2019. For contents page for the posts see the Introductory Post. If I've reported something incorrectly, please let me know via post comments (below) or my contact page. All photographs are Copyright © James Oakley, June 2019, unless indicated otherwise.
Day 10 was leave-Israel day.
Time to say goodbye to the Sea of Galilee
Day 9, our last full day, took us north of Galilee to Hazor, Dan and Laish, Banyas / Caeserea Philippi and the Syrian border
Day 8 was a visit to Nazareth: Both the Nazareth Village site reconstructing life in the time of Jesus, and the modern town with its two churches dedicated to Mary and Joseph
Visit on day 7 to the sea of Galilee by boat, and the ruins of Korazin and Capernaum
Day 6 was a travelling day, spending time at Jericho and the springs at Sachne on the way from Jerusalem to the Galilee region.
Day 5, afternoon: We visited the Bethlehem area, including the Herodion south-east of Bethlehem, and the Church of the Nativity.
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