Sistine chapel south wall Cosimo Roselli: The Destruction of Pharaohs Army in the Red Sea Israel's sojourn in Egypt and subsequent escape lie on the edges of history, if history is defined as those events that have some sort of external historical corroboration. Although neither are mentioned...
Gospel parables are probably the most widely identifiable teaching form of Jesus. However, readers seldom recognize Jesus' sophisticated skill as a first-century Jewish parabolist. Indeed, many Christians are unaware that his use of story parables is one of the strongest links between Jesus and contemporary...
Once infamous as a hotbed of hostility and terrorism against Israel, Nablus is now thriving with a mall, a movie theater and the head offices of the Palestinian Securities Exchange. The city is also more recently becoming a tourist destination with key biblical sites like...
Few, if any wineries, in Israel have gained as much notoriety as fast and widespread as the Yatir Winery at the northeast edge of the Negev Desert. Adjacent to the ancient ruins of Tel Arad, a Canaanite settlement dating back over 3,000 years, the winery lies at the southern base of...
Arriving in Israel in 1999 I was a bit thrown. The place was so modern! Tall office blocks, modern hotels, tarmac streets, taxis, and shops selling tourist's trinkets all left the world I thought I had come to experience - the world of Jesus -...
In my last article, I wrote about the new and growing friendship between Black Churches and Israel, even as the centre of gravity of Christianity shifts from the Northern to the Southern hemispheres. We also promised to write next about some of the ancient African...
The Apse of St. Mark's Syriac Church (copyright Joel Haber) Jerusalem is well known as a holy city with many significant sites for members of many religions. But as a licensed tour guide here, I am endlessly fascinated by the less well known places to visit....
“You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride; you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.” (Song of Songs 4:12) Imagine taking a walk in the Hortus Conclusus – the enclosed garden of the Song of Songs - the place, where according to the legend, the biblical king...
One of the more successful mid-size wineries in Israel is the Recanati Winery located in Efeq Heziq. Drawing upon vineyards from the Upper Galilee, the Jerusalem Hills and about Zichron Ya'akov, the Recanati Winery has grown from about 200,000 bottles in in first year to...
Its not very often that we do a girls trip, so when my mom suggested an overnight to the Galilee and Golan Heights, my sister and I jumped at the idea. I mean who doesn't want to stay at a hotel and relax? So it's Friday...